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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1986

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1986 (October 1, 1986 to September 30, 1987), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 1,187 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (1,187 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, 1987· cited 12,768×
    Anderson v. Creighton
  2. June 8, 1987· cited 9,437×
    Bowen v. Yuckert
  3. June 9, 1987· cited 6,547×
    Caterpillar Inc. v. Williams
  4. June 1, 1987· cited 6,491×
    Turner v. Safley
  5. May 26, 1987· cited 5,104×
    United States v. Salerno
  6. March 9, 1987· cited 4,149×
    Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca
  7. December 10, 1986· cited 4,016×
    Colorado v. Connelly
  8. May 18, 1987· cited 3,807×
    Pennsylvania v. Finley
  9. February 24, 1987· cited 3,642×
    Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Solano Cty.
  10. April 6, 1987· cited 3,459×
    Pilot Life Insurance v. Dedeaux
  11. January 13, 1987· cited 3,380×
    Griffith v. Kentucky
  12. April 6, 1987· cited 3,207×
    Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Taylor
  13. April 21, 1987· cited 2,670×
    Richardson v. Marsh
  14. June 23, 1987· cited 2,639×
    Bourjaily v. United States
  15. February 24, 1987· cited 2,521×
    Pennsylvania v. Ritchie
  16. June 22, 1987· cited 2,329×
    Rock v. Arkansas
  17. June 9, 1987· cited 2,176×
    O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz
  18. June 26, 1987· cited 2,149×
    Griffin v. Wisconsin
  19. June 8, 1987· cited 2,038×
    McCleskey v. Kemp
  20. April 6, 1987· cited 1,834×
    Pennzoil Co. v. Texaco Inc.
  21. May 26, 1987· cited 1,809×
    Hilton v. Braunskill
  22. September 21, 1987· cited 1,766×
    Rankin v. McPherson
  23. January 14, 1987· cited 1,722×
    Colorado v. Bertine
  24. September 21, 1987· cited 1,711×
    Shearson/American Express Inc. v. McMahon
  25. September 21, 1987· cited 1,706×
    Burger v. Kemp
  26. March 24, 1987· cited 1,688×
    Amoco Production Co. v. Village of Gambell
  27. April 21, 1987· cited 1,617×
    Tison v. Arizona
  28. March 3, 1987· cited 1,525×
    Arizona v. Hicks
  29. September 21, 1987· cited 1,501×
    Booth v. Maryland
  30. June 15, 1987· cited 1,473×
    Crawford Fitting Co. v. J. T. Gibbons, Inc.
  31. June 19, 1987· cited 1,461×
    Kentucky v. Stincer
  32. June 15, 1987· cited 1,428×
    City of Houston v. Hill
  33. April 20, 1987· cited 1,336×
    United States v. Dunn
  34. November 12, 1986· cited 1,318×
    Kelly v. Robinson
  35. June 9, 1987· cited 1,316×
    Miller v. Florida
  36. June 1, 1987· cited 1,315×
    Fort Halifax Packing Co. v. Coyne
  37. June 24, 1987· cited 1,314×
    McNally v. United States
  38. June 26, 1987· cited 1,301×
    Nollan v. California Coastal Commission
  39. June 9, 1987· cited 1,264×
    First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. County of Los Angeles
  40. September 21, 1987· cited 1,215×
    Greer v. Miller
  41. January 27, 1987· cited 1,207×
    California v. Brown
  42. June 15, 1987· cited 1,187×
    Perry v. Thomas
  43. April 21, 1987· cited 1,175×
    Granberry v. Greer
  44. March 9, 1987· cited 1,170×
    Illinois v. Krull
  45. April 20, 1987· cited 1,128×
    School Bd. of Nassau Cty. v. Arline
  46. June 22, 1987· cited 1,121×
    Agency Holding Corp. v. Malley-Duff & Associates, Inc.
  47. February 24, 1987· cited 1,107×
    Maryland v. Garrison
  48. June 19, 1987· cited 1,072×
    New York v. Burger
  49. January 27, 1987· cited 1,070×
    Colorado v. Spring
  50. March 31, 1987· cited 1,069×
    O'CONNOR v. Ortega
  51. March 9, 1987· cited 1,040×
    Keystone Bituminous Coal Assn. v. DeBenedictis
  52. April 28, 1987· cited 1,016×
    Tull v. United States
  53. January 14, 1987· cited 979×
    Clarke v. Securities Industry Assn.
  54. June 22, 1987· cited 918×
    Saint Francis College v. Al-Khazraji
  55. June 22, 1987· cited 915×
    Tanner v. United States
  56. June 19, 1987· cited 818×
    Edwards v. Aguillard
  57. May 26, 1987· cited 815×
    Young v. United States Ex Rel. Vuitton Et Fils S. A.
  58. June 19, 1987· cited 786×
    Goodman v. Lukens Steel Co.
  59. June 25, 1987· cited 779×
    Welch v. Texas Department of Highways & Public Transportation
  60. June 9, 1987· cited 775×
    Board of Pardons v. Allen
  61. April 22, 1987· cited 760×
    Hitchcock v. Dugger
  62. October 6, 1986· cited 757×
    David W. McKay v. Texas
  63. April 21, 1987· cited 734×
    Cruz v. New York
  64. January 14, 1987· cited 734×
    Wright v. City of Roanoke Redevelopment & Housing Authority
  65. December 9, 1986· cited 721×
    Cargill, Inc. v. Monfort of Colorado, Inc.
  66. February 24, 1987· cited 704×
    Commissioner v. Groetzinger
  67. May 26, 1987· cited 703×
    United States v. Mendoza-Lopez
  68. June 23, 1987· cited 678×
    South Dakota v. Dole
  69. May 4, 1987· cited 672×
    Pope v. Illinois
  70. January 13, 1987· cited 662×
    California Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Guerra
  71. February 25, 1987· cited 645×
    California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians
  72. June 25, 1987· cited 644×
    United States v. Stanley
  73. February 24, 1987· cited 635×
    Iowa Mutual Insurance v. LaPlante
  74. May 18, 1987· cited 634×
    Gray v. Mississippi
  75. June 1, 1987· cited 628×
    United States v. Hohri
  76. December 10, 1986· cited 602×
    Tashjian v. Republican Party of Connecticut
  77. June 24, 1987· cited 601×
    Buchanan v. Kentucky
  78. March 24, 1987· cited 585×
    Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway v. Buell
  79. April 27, 1987· cited 580×
    Scott v. Ohio
  80. January 27, 1987· cited 572×
    Connecticut v. Barrett
  81. June 24, 1987· cited 549×
    Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints v. Amos
  82. April 20, 1987· cited 540×
    Martin v. Ohio
  83. March 25, 1987· cited 538×
    Johnson v. Transportation Agency, Santa Clara Cty.
  84. January 21, 1987· cited 535×
    International Paper Co. v. Ouellette
  85. June 25, 1987· cited 528×
    San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. v. United States Olympic Committee
  86. April 28, 1987· cited 499×
    Burlington Northern Railroad v. Oklahoma Tax Commission
  87. June 15, 1987· cited 487×
    Board of Airport Comm'rs of Los Angeles v. Jews for Jesus, Inc.
  88. June 1, 1987· cited 484×
    Fall River Dyeing & Finishing Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
  89. March 25, 1987· cited 482×
    Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. Brock
  90. December 15, 1986· cited 480×
    Federal Election Commission v. Massachusetts Citizens for Life, Inc.
  91. April 21, 1987· cited 476×
    CTS Corp. v. Dynamics Corp. of America
  92. April 22, 1987· cited 472×
    Arkansas Writers' Project, Inc. v. Ragland
  93. May 18, 1987· cited 462×
    International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. Hechler
  94. November 17, 1986· cited 456×
    Ansonia Board of Education v. Philbrook
  95. June 8, 1987· cited 453×
    Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
  96. February 25, 1987· cited 445×
    United States v. Paradise
  97. June 22, 1987· cited 439×
    Ricketts v. Adamson
  98. May 4, 1987· cited 439×
    Board of Directors of Rotary International v. Rotary Club of Duarte
  99. January 13, 1987· cited 436×
    West Virginia v. United States
  100. February 25, 1987· cited 431×
    Hobbie v. Unemployment Appeals Comm'n of Fla.

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