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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1985

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1985 (October 1, 1985 to September 30, 1986), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 1,291 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (1,291 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, 1986· cited 135,235×
    Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  2. June 25, 1986· cited 119,442×
    Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  3. March 26, 1986· cited 58,760×
    Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation
  4. January 27, 1986· cited 28,671×
    Thomas v. Arn
  5. April 30, 1986· cited 16,401×
    Batson v. Kentucky
  6. November 18, 1985· cited 11,299×
    Hill v. Lockhart
  7. July 1, 1986· cited 9,423×
    Papasan v. Allain
  8. January 21, 1986· cited 7,676×
    Daniels v. Williams
  9. June 26, 1986· cited 7,499×
    Murray v. Carrier
  10. April 7, 1986· cited 7,102×
    Delaware v. Van Arsdall
  11. March 5, 1986· cited 6,748×
    Malley v. Briggs
  12. March 4, 1986· cited 6,155×
    Whitley v. Albers
  13. March 25, 1986· cited 6,061×
    Pembaur v. City of Cincinnati
  14. June 19, 1986· cited 5,248×
    Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson
  15. April 7, 1986· cited 4,474×
    At&T Technologies, Inc. v. Communications Workers
  16. September 3, 1986· cited 4,161×
    Darden v. Wainwright
  17. June 26, 1986· cited 3,502×
    Kimmelman v. Morrison
  18. March 10, 1986· cited 3,339×
    Moran v. Burbine
  19. June 2, 1986· cited 2,998×
    Bowen v. City of New York
  20. June 9, 1986· cited 2,651×
    Crane v. Kentucky
  21. July 2, 1986· cited 2,431×
    Rose v. Clark
  22. May 19, 1986· cited 2,256×
    Bender v. Williamsport Area School District
  23. July 7, 1986· cited 2,209×
    Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson Ex Rel. Thompson
  24. April 21, 1986· cited 2,104×
    City of Los Angeles v. Heller
  25. June 19, 1986· cited 1,908×
    McMillan v. Pennsylvania
  26. April 21, 1986· cited 1,818×
    City of Renton v. Playtime Theatres, Inc.
  27. January 21, 1986· cited 1,806×
    Davidson v. Cannon
  28. November 4, 1985· cited 1,786×
    Delaware v. Fensterer
  29. July 2, 1986· cited 1,746×
    Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air
  30. December 3, 1985· cited 1,743×
    Miller v. Fenton
  31. June 26, 1986· cited 1,683×
    Smith v. Murray
  32. May 5, 1986· cited 1,649×
    Lockhart v. McCree
  33. January 14, 1986· cited 1,638×
    Vasquez v. Hillery
  34. January 27, 1986· cited 1,617×
    Green v. Mansour
  35. April 29, 1986· cited 1,534×
    Skipper v. South Carolina
  36. June 26, 1986· cited 1,525×
    Ford v. Wainwright
  37. April 1, 1986· cited 1,418×
    Michigan v. Jackson
  38. June 30, 1986· cited 1,326×
    Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., County of Riverside
  39. December 10, 1985· cited 1,260×
    Maine v. Moulton
  40. June 30, 1986· cited 1,253×
    California v. Ciraolo
  41. June 16, 1986· cited 1,227×
    East River Steamship Corp. v. Transamerica Delaval Inc.
  42. June 30, 1986· cited 1,221×
    Thornburg v. Gingles
  43. June 27, 1986· cited 1,221×
    City of Riverside v. Rivera
  44. June 26, 1986· cited 1,205×
    Kuhlmann v. Wilson
  45. March 31, 1986· cited 1,201×
    United States v. Lane
  46. June 25, 1986· cited 1,171×
    Memphis Community School District v. Stachura
  47. March 26, 1986· cited 1,122×
    Holbrook v. Flynn
  48. April 30, 1986· cited 1,118×
    Diamond v. Charles
  49. December 10, 1985· cited 1,070×
    Cleavinger v. Saxner
  50. June 3, 1986· cited 1,066×
    Lee v. Illinois
  51. July 7, 1986· cited 1,063×
    University of Tennessee v. Elliott
  52. December 12, 1985· cited 1,052×
    Regents of the University of Michigan v. Ewing
  53. July 7, 1986· cited 991×
    Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Schor
  54. February 25, 1986· cited 987×
    United States v. Mechanik
  55. February 26, 1986· cited 983×
    Nix v. Whiteside
  56. June 9, 1986· cited 958×
    Bowen v. Michigan Academy of Family Physicians
  57. September 11, 1986· cited 953×
    Bowers v. Hardwick
  58. May 27, 1986· cited 914×
    Louisiana Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. FCC
  59. June 27, 1986· cited 887×
    Ohio Civil Rights Commission v. Dayton Christian Schools, Inc.
  60. July 1, 1986· cited 871×
    Library of Congress v. Shaw
  61. April 21, 1986· cited 858×
    Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v. Hepps
  62. July 7, 1986· cited 857×
    Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser
  63. June 18, 1986· cited 857×
    Schiavone v. Fortune
  64. July 2, 1986· cited 850×
    Local Number 93, International Ass'n of Firefighters v. City of Cleveland
  65. July 7, 1986· cited 839×
    Bowsher v. Synar
  66. June 30, 1986· cited 802×
    Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education
  67. March 3, 1986· cited 786×
    United States v. Loud Hawk
  68. March 24, 1986· cited 763×
    Midlantic National Bank v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
  69. January 14, 1986· cited 752×
    Wainwright v. Greenfield
  70. December 4, 1985· cited 729×
    United States v. Riverside Bayview Homes, Inc.
  71. February 25, 1986· cited 728×
    New York v. Class
  72. July 2, 1986· cited 724×
    Local 28 of the Sheet Metal Workers' International Ass'n v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  73. April 22, 1986· cited 705×
    Aetna Life Insurance v. Lavoie
  74. June 23, 1986· cited 702×
    Maine v. Taylor
  75. June 30, 1986· cited 688×
    Japan Whaling Ass'n v. American Cetacean Society
  76. March 10, 1986· cited 682×
    United States v. Inadi
  77. February 26, 1986· cited 681×
    Connolly v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
  78. July 1, 1986· cited 677×
    Bazemore v. Friday
  79. June 3, 1986· cited 661×
    Brown-Forman Distillers Corp. v. New York State Liquor Authority
  80. December 3, 1985· cited 631×
    Heath v. Alabama
  81. June 2, 1986· cited 614×
    Federal Trade Commission v. Indiana Federation of Dentists
  82. September 3, 1986· cited 565×
    MacDonald, Sommer & Frates v. Yolo County
  83. January 22, 1986· cited 536×
    Cabana v. Bullock
  84. February 26, 1986· cited 534×
    Texas v. McCullough
  85. July 1, 1986· cited 533×
    Allen v. Illinois
  86. April 30, 1986· cited 533×
    Turner v. Murray
  87. June 11, 1986· cited 526×
    Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  88. June 23, 1986· cited 525×
    Offshore Logistics, Inc. v. Tallentire
  89. June 30, 1986· cited 521×
    Allen v. Hardy
  90. June 9, 1986· cited 504×
    Evans v. Jeff D. Ex Rel. Johnson
  91. March 4, 1986· cited 498×
    Chicago Teachers Union, Local No. 1 v. Hudson
  92. April 21, 1986· cited 479×
    Icicle Seafoods, Inc. v. Worthington
  93. June 18, 1986· cited 458×
    Wardair Canada Inc. v. Florida Department of Revenue
  94. January 22, 1986· cited 444×
    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. Dimension Financial Corp.
  95. March 25, 1986· cited 421×
    Goldman v. Weinberger
  96. July 1, 1986· cited 420×
    Posadas De Puerto Rico Associates v. Tourism Co. of Puerto Rico
  97. January 27, 1986· cited 420×
    Parsons Steel, Inc. v. First Alabama Bank
  98. April 21, 1986· cited 408×
    Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Utilities Commission
  99. August 19, 1986· cited 401×
    Lyng v. Payne
  100. June 11, 1986· cited 399×
    Bowen v. Roy

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