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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1983

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1983 (October 1, 1983 to September 30, 1984), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 1,172 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (1,172 with at least one citation, 0 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

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  1. June 25, 1984· cited 123,578×
    Strickland v. Washington
  2. June 25, 1984· cited 20,645×
    Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
  3. September 18, 1984· cited 9,230×
    United States v. Leon
  4. January 23, 1984· cited 8,956×
    Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman
  5. July 3, 1984· cited 8,014×
    Hudson v. Palmer
  6. March 21, 1984· cited 7,642×
    Blum v. Stenson
  7. May 14, 1984· cited 6,497×
    United States v. Cronic
  8. April 24, 1984· cited 6,200×
    Helicopteros Nacionales De Colombia, S. A. v. Hall
  9. May 22, 1984· cited 5,292×
    Hishon v. King & Spalding
  10. July 2, 1984· cited 4,856×
    Berkemer v. McCarty
  11. September 18, 1984· cited 4,763×
    Allen v. Wright
  12. June 11, 1984· cited 3,405×
    California v. Trombetta
  13. April 2, 1984· cited 3,218×
    United States v. Jacobsen
  14. March 20, 1984· cited 3,198×
    Calder v. Jones
  15. January 23, 1984· cited 3,103×
    Migra v. Warren City School District Board of Education
  16. June 11, 1984· cited 3,080×
    Nix v. Williams
  17. November 1, 1983· cited 2,703×
    Russello v. United States
  18. August 16, 1984· cited 2,605×
    Davis v. Scherer
  19. March 20, 1984· cited 2,597×
    Keeton v. Hustler Magazine, Inc.
  20. January 23, 1984· cited 2,288×
    McKaskle v. Wiggins
  21. May 15, 1984· cited 2,188×
    Members of the City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent
  22. May 21, 1984· cited 2,166×
    Waller v. Georgia
  23. April 30, 1984· cited 2,137×
    Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
  24. January 23, 1984· cited 2,080×
    Pulley v. Harris
  25. July 3, 1984· cited 2,030×
    Roberts v. United States Jaycees
  26. April 17, 1984· cited 1,950×
    Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Delgado
  27. January 23, 1984· cited 1,927×
    Southland Corp. v. Keating
  28. April 17, 1984· cited 1,923×
    Oliver v. United States
  29. May 15, 1984· cited 1,874×
    Welsh v. Wisconsin
  30. June 29, 1984· cited 1,847×
    Clark v. Community for Creative Non-Violence
  31. January 18, 1984· cited 1,807×
    Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Riverside Cty.
  32. May 21, 1984· cited 1,798×
    Seattle Times Co. v. Rhinehart
  33. June 5, 1984· cited 1,666×
    Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Stevic
  34. June 4, 1984· cited 1,661×
    Baldwin County Welcome Center v. Brown
  35. June 19, 1984· cited 1,618×
    United States v. S.A. Empresa De Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense
  36. July 5, 1984· cited 1,569×
    Segura v. United States
  37. February 22, 1984· cited 1,569×
    Minnesota v. Murphy
  38. May 14, 1984· cited 1,473×
    Heckler v. Ringer
  39. June 12, 1984· cited 1,468×
    New York v. Quarles
  40. June 26, 1984· cited 1,463×
    Patton v. Yount
  41. May 21, 1984· cited 1,449×
    Heckler v. Community Health Services of Crawford County, Inc.
  42. June 26, 1984· cited 1,423×
    Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto Co.
  43. January 18, 1984· cited 1,407×
    McDonough Power Equipment, Inc. v. Greenwood
  44. June 19, 1984· cited 1,375×
    Copperweld Corp. v. Independence Tube Corp.
  45. March 5, 1984· cited 1,263×
    Lynch v. Donnelly
  46. June 27, 1984· cited 1,249×
    Reed v. Ross
  47. July 5, 1984· cited 1,184×
    Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Lopez-Mendoza
  48. January 11, 1984· cited 1,181×
    Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp.
  49. May 29, 1984· cited 1,098×
    United States v. Gouveia
  50. February 22, 1984· cited 1,085×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Bildisco & Bildisco
  51. August 2, 1984· cited 1,064×
    Ohio v. Johnson
  52. July 2, 1984· cited 1,061×
    Spaziano v. Florida
  53. March 20, 1984· cited 1,058×
    Monsanto Co. v. Spray-Rite Service Corp.
  54. June 26, 1984· cited 1,054×
    Secretary of State of Md. v. Joseph H. Munson Co.
  55. December 12, 1983· cited 1,013×
    Rushen v. Spain
  56. June 11, 1984· cited 1,007×
    Mabry v. Johnson
  57. July 5, 1984· cited 994×
    Smith v. Robinson
  58. February 21, 1984· cited 989×
    Flanagan v. United States
  59. January 17, 1984· cited 978×
    Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.
  60. October 3, 1983· cited 975×
    McDougall v. North Carolina
  61. January 10, 1984· cited 957×
    United States v. Mendoza
  62. June 4, 1984· cited 935×
    Block v. Community Nutrition Institute
  63. May 30, 1984· cited 934×
    Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff
  64. June 18, 1984· cited 912×
    Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. RA Gray & Co.
  65. September 18, 1984· cited 895×
    United States v. Karo
  66. March 27, 1984· cited 891×
    Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 v. Hyde
  67. May 14, 1984· cited 857×
    Pulliam v. Allen
  68. July 5, 1984· cited 854×
    Massachusetts v. Sheppard
  69. May 14, 1984· cited 821×
    Massachusetts v. Upton
  70. June 4, 1984· cited 785×
    Schall v. Martin
  71. June 27, 1984· cited 776×
    National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n v. Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
  72. July 3, 1984· cited 742×
    Block v. Rutherford
  73. February 22, 1984· cited 720×
    United States v. One Assortment of 89 Firearms
  74. April 25, 1984· cited 678×
    Ellis v. Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employes
  75. January 17, 1984· cited 651×
    Badaracco v. Commissioner
  76. February 28, 1984· cited 623×
    United States v. Doe
  77. June 29, 1984· cited 606×
    Bacchus Imports, Ltd. v. Dias
  78. July 3, 1984· cited 595×
    Wasman v. United States
  79. May 29, 1984· cited 589×
    Arizona v. Rumsey
  80. April 18, 1984· cited 588×
    Justices of Boston Municipal Court v. Lydon
  81. June 25, 1984· cited 584×
    Cooper v. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
  82. February 29, 1984· cited 584×
    Solem v. Stumes
  83. April 18, 1984· cited 581×
    McDonald v. City of West Branch
  84. June 25, 1984· cited 575×
    Sure-Tan, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
  85. June 25, 1984· cited 546×
    Tower v. Glover
  86. November 29, 1983· cited 516×
    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
  87. May 21, 1984· cited 515×
    Kirby Forest Industries, Inc. v. United States
  88. July 3, 1984· cited 510×
    Regan v. Time, Inc.
  89. June 12, 1984· cited 507×
    Firefighters Local Union No. 1784 v. Stotts
  90. November 28, 1983· cited 499×
    Wainwright v. Goode
  91. April 25, 1984· cited 491×
    Palmore v. Sidoti
  92. June 19, 1984· cited 489×
    United States v. Morton
  93. February 21, 1984· cited 489×
    Minnesota State Board for Community Colleges v. Knight
  94. November 14, 1983· cited 483×
    Iron Arrow Honor Society v. Heckler
  95. June 18, 1984· cited 481×
    Capital Cities Cable, Inc. v. Crisp
  96. July 2, 1984· cited 473×
    Federal Communications Commission v. League of Women Voters of California
  97. March 5, 1984· cited 473×
    Heckler v. Mathews
  98. June 27, 1984· cited 447×
    Burnett v. Grattan
  99. March 21, 1984· cited 411×
    United States v. Arthur Young & Co.
  100. January 10, 1984· cited 404×
    Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Phinpathya

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