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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1984

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1984 (October 1, 1984 to September 30, 1985), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 1,197 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (1,197 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. May 20, 1985· cited 12,253×
    Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz
  2. March 19, 1985· cited 11,658×
    Anderson v. City of Bessemer City
  3. June 28, 1985· cited 11,385×
    Kentucky v. Graham
  4. June 19, 1985· cited 8,858×
    Mitchell v. Forsyth
  5. July 2, 1985· cited 8,539×
    United States v. Bagley
  6. July 1, 1985· cited 7,112×
    City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.
  7. March 19, 1985· cited 6,903×
    Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill
  8. February 20, 1985· cited 4,689×
    United States v. Young
  9. March 27, 1985· cited 4,272×
    Tennessee v. Garner
  10. April 17, 1985· cited 4,134×
    Wilson v. Garcia
  11. June 17, 1985· cited 4,010×
    Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. Hill
  12. January 21, 1985· cited 3,997×
    Wainwright v. Witt
  13. August 14, 1985· cited 3,810×
    City of Oklahoma v. Tuttle
  14. July 2, 1985· cited 3,702×
    Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc.
  15. July 1, 1985· cited 3,595×
    Sedima, S. P. R. L. v. Imrex Co.
  16. February 26, 1985· cited 3,332×
    Ake v. Oklahoma
  17. March 18, 1985· cited 3,068×
    Evitts v. Lucey
  18. March 20, 1985· cited 2,970×
    United States v. Sharpe
  19. June 11, 1985· cited 2,827×
    Caldwell v. Mississippi
  20. March 4, 1985· cited 2,824×
    Oregon v. Elstad
  21. March 4, 1985· cited 2,684×
    Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. v. Byrd
  22. June 28, 1985· cited 2,607×
    Williamson County Regional Planning Commission v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City
  23. March 20, 1985· cited 2,484×
    Heckler v. Chaney
  24. December 10, 1984· cited 2,427×
    Luce v. United States
  25. January 15, 1985· cited 2,391×
    New Jersey v. T. L. O.
  26. April 16, 1985· cited 2,375×
    Allis-Chalmers Corp. v. Lueck
  27. January 8, 1985· cited 2,340×
    United States v. Hensley
  28. December 10, 1984· cited 2,102×
    United States v. Powell
  29. April 29, 1985· cited 2,053×
    Francis v. Franklin
  30. June 27, 1985· cited 1,937×
    Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance v. Russell
  31. July 2, 1985· cited 1,935×
    Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
  32. January 9, 1985· cited 1,888×
    United States v. Boyle
  33. August 28, 1985· cited 1,877×
    Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon
  34. March 20, 1985· cited 1,823×
    Florida Power & Light Co. v. Lorion
  35. January 8, 1985· cited 1,808×
    Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston
  36. March 19, 1985· cited 1,692×
    Wayte v. United States
  37. June 26, 1985· cited 1,691×
    Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts
  38. June 3, 1985· cited 1,645×
    Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Massachusetts
  39. April 22, 1985· cited 1,589×
    Marrese v. American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
  40. April 29, 1985· cited 1,566×
    School Committee of the Town of Burlington v. Department of Education
  41. January 21, 1985· cited 1,538×
    Brandon v. Holt
  42. June 3, 1985· cited 1,364×
    Hillsborough County v. Automated Medical Laboratories, Inc.
  43. April 15, 1985· cited 1,304×
    Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority
  44. May 13, 1985· cited 1,276×
    California v. Carney
  45. January 9, 1985· cited 1,271×
    Alexander v. Choate
  46. December 10, 1984· cited 1,225×
    Smith v. Illinois
  47. July 1, 1985· cited 1,222×
    Thomas v. Union Carbide Agricultural Products Co.
  48. May 20, 1985· cited 1,191×
    Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enterprises
  49. March 26, 1985· cited 1,092×
    Ball v. United States
  50. May 13, 1985· cited 1,062×
    United States v. Gagnon
  51. December 10, 1984· cited 1,044×
    United States v. Abel
  52. August 28, 1985· cited 1,001×
    Garrett v. United States
  53. July 1, 1985· cited 982×
    United States v. Montoya De Hernandez
  54. January 8, 1985· cited 962×
    Park 'N Fly, Inc. v. Dollar Park & Fly, Inc.
  55. June 27, 1985· cited 923×
    Marek v. Chesny
  56. June 4, 1985· cited 898×
    Wallace v. Jaffree
  57. May 13, 1985· cited 890×
    Liparota v. United States
  58. June 26, 1985· cited 866×
    Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders, Inc.
  59. April 1, 1985· cited 836×
    United States v. Locke
  60. June 17, 1985· cited 814×
    Richardson-Merrell Inc. v. Koller Ex Rel. Koller
  61. June 19, 1985· cited 810×
    Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, Inc.
  62. May 28, 1985· cited 809×
    Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Ohio
  63. October 1, 1984· cited 793×
    Bottoson v. Florida
  64. June 26, 1985· cited 792×
    United States v. National Bank of Commerce
  65. February 19, 1985· cited 768×
    Garcia v. United States
  66. April 29, 1985· cited 753×
    Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Weintraub
  67. March 20, 1985· cited 733×
    Winston v. Lee
  68. June 24, 1985· cited 731×
    United States v. Albertini
  69. May 13, 1985· cited 713×
    Tennessee v. Street
  70. May 20, 1985· cited 708×
    Ponte v. Real
  71. June 3, 1985· cited 701×
    National Farmers Union Insurance v. Crow Tribe of Indians
  72. June 19, 1985· cited 677×
    Aspen Skiing Co. v. Aspen Highlands Skiing Corp.
  73. March 20, 1985· cited 666×
    Lindahl v. Office of Personnel Management
  74. June 17, 1985· cited 625×
    Maryland v. MacOn
  75. July 1, 1985· cited 620×
    Black v. Romano
  76. March 20, 1985· cited 603×
    Hayes v. Florida
  77. June 27, 1985· cited 602×
    United States v. Shearer
  78. April 22, 1985· cited 600×
    Countyof Oneida v. Oneida Indian Nation of NY
  79. April 23, 1985· cited 590×
    Tony and Susan Alamo Foundation v. Secretary of Labor
  80. August 28, 1985· cited 573×
    Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Central Transport, Inc.
  81. June 28, 1985· cited 527×
    Walters v. National Assn. of Radiation Survivors
  82. January 21, 1985· cited 515×
    United States v. Johns
  83. May 28, 1985· cited 514×
    Landreth Timber Co. v. Landreth
  84. June 26, 1985· cited 513×
    Jean v. Nelson
  85. April 16, 1985· cited 503×
    Central Intelligence Agency v. Sims
  86. July 2, 1985· cited 495×
    Carchman v. Nash
  87. March 27, 1985· cited 492×
    Town of Hallie v. City of Eau Claire
  88. June 3, 1985· cited 491×
    Montana v. Blackfeet Tribe of Indians
  89. November 13, 1984· cited 466×
    Florida v. Rodriguez
  90. June 19, 1985· cited 449×
    McDonald v. Smith
  91. July 1, 1985· cited 448×
    School District of Grand Rapids v. Ball
  92. March 18, 1985· cited 444×
    National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
  93. March 4, 1985· cited 438×
    Air France v. Saks
  94. July 1, 1985· cited 437×
    American Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of Chicago v. Haroco, Inc.
  95. June 11, 1985· cited 435×
    Northwest Wholesale Stationers, Inc. v. Pacific Stationery & Printing Co.
  96. April 16, 1985· cited 419×
    Hunter v. Underwood
  97. January 9, 1985· cited 419×
    Ohio v. Kovacs
  98. February 27, 1985· cited 407×
    Chemical Manufacturers Ass'n v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
  99. April 17, 1985· cited 405×
    Webb v. County Board of Education
  100. March 18, 1985· cited 388×
    Federal Election Commission v. National Conservative Political Action Committee

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