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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1987

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1987 (October 1, 1987 to September 30, 1988), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 1,267 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (1,267 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 20, 1988· cited 16,767×
    West v. Atkins
  2. January 20, 1988· cited 9,468×
    Carnegie-Mellon University v. Cohill
  3. June 24, 1988· cited 6,563×
    Houston v. Lack
  4. June 27, 1988· cited 6,197×
    Pierce v. Underwood
  5. March 2, 1988· cited 3,553×
    City of St. Louis v. Praprotnik
  6. June 20, 1988· cited 3,025×
    Stewart Organization, Inc. v. Ricoh Corp.
  7. March 7, 1988· cited 3,007×
    Basic Inc. v. Levinson
  8. December 1, 1987· cited 2,748×
    United Paperworkers International Union v. Misco, Inc.
  9. June 17, 1988· cited 2,587×
    Christianson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp.
  10. January 12, 1988· cited 2,252×
    Forrester v. White
  11. May 2, 1988· cited 2,215×
    Huddleston v. United States
  12. January 20, 1988· cited 2,029×
    Honig v. Doe
  13. June 30, 1988· cited 1,962×
    Wheat v. United States
  14. March 28, 1988· cited 1,952×
    Taylor v. Illinois
  15. June 17, 1988· cited 1,932×
    Liljeberg v. Health Services Acquisition Corp.
  16. March 1, 1988· cited 1,927×
    Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Abudu
  17. June 13, 1988· cited 1,883×
    Berkovitz v. United States
  18. January 20, 1988· cited 1,871×
    United Sav. Assn. of Tex. v. Timbers of Inwood Forest Associates, Ltd.
  19. June 6, 1988· cited 1,828×
    Lingle v. Norge Division of Magic Chef, Inc.
  20. June 6, 1988· cited 1,718×
    McCoy v. Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, District 1
  21. June 13, 1988· cited 1,499×
    Michigan v. Chesternut
  22. June 27, 1988· cited 1,424×
    Murray v. United States
  23. December 8, 1987· cited 1,419×
    Omni Capital International, Ltd. v. Rudolf Wolff & Co.
  24. June 6, 1988· cited 1,392×
    Mills v. Maryland
  25. March 7, 1988· cited 1,385×
    Lowenfield v. Phelps
  26. June 6, 1988· cited 1,367×
    Maynard v. Cartwright
  27. May 16, 1988· cited 1,362×
    McLaughlin v. Richland Shoe Co.
  28. June 29, 1988· cited 1,300×
    Watson v. Fort Worth Bank & Trust
  29. June 29, 1988· cited 1,295×
    Coy v. Iowa
  30. August 25, 1988· cited 1,289×
    Ross v. Oklahoma
  31. May 23, 1988· cited 1,283×
    Budinich v. Becton Dickinson & Co.
  32. June 29, 1988· cited 1,281×
    Bowen v. Massachusetts
  33. June 17, 1988· cited 1,256×
    City of Lakewood v. Plain Dealer Publishing Co.
  34. February 24, 1988· cited 1,244×
    Mathews v. United States
  35. June 24, 1988· cited 1,233×
    Torres v. Oakland Scavenger Co.
  36. June 27, 1988· cited 1,208×
    Boyle v. United Technologies Corp.
  37. June 27, 1988· cited 1,207×
    Frisby v. Schultz
  38. June 22, 1988· cited 1,126×
    Felder v. Casey
  39. June 24, 1988· cited 1,110×
    Schweiker v. Chilicky
  40. March 22, 1988· cited 1,104×
    Boos v. Barry
  41. May 31, 1988· cited 1,097×
    K Mart Corp. v. Cartier, Inc.
  42. April 20, 1988· cited 1,067×
    Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. v. Florida Gulf Coast Building & Construction Trades Council
  43. May 16, 1988· cited 1,059×
    California v. Greenwood
  44. June 17, 1988· cited 1,042×
    MacKey v. Lanier Collection Agency & Service, Inc.
  45. March 22, 1988· cited 1,035×
    Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. v. Mayacamas Corp.
  46. June 24, 1988· cited 1,013×
    Patterson v. Illinois
  47. March 21, 1988· cited 1,008×
    United States v. Fausto
  48. February 23, 1988· cited 997×
    United States v. Owens
  49. March 7, 1988· cited 992×
    Norwest Bank Worthington v. Ahlers
  50. June 22, 1988· cited 986×
    Bank of Nova Scotia v. United States
  51. January 13, 1988· cited 980×
    Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier
  52. January 25, 1988· cited 975×
    Virginia v. American Booksellers Assn., Inc.
  53. June 15, 1988· cited 963×
    Arizona v. Roberson
  54. December 1, 1987· cited 955×
    Gwaltney of Smithfield, Ltd. v. Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc.
  55. April 19, 1988· cited 953×
    Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Assn.
  56. February 24, 1988· cited 951×
    Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell
  57. June 15, 1988· cited 942×
    Webster v. Doe
  58. May 31, 1988· cited 926×
    Satterwhite v. Texas
  59. June 29, 1988· cited 913×
    Riley v. National Federation of Blind of North Carolina, Inc.
  60. April 19, 1988· cited 906×
    Tulsa Professional Collection Services, Inc. v. Pope
  61. June 29, 1988· cited 888×
    Morrison v. Olson
  62. April 27, 1988· cited 861×
    Hicks Ex Rel. Feiock v. Feiock
  63. September 15, 1988· cited 852×
    Franklin v. Lynaugh
  64. June 13, 1988· cited 792×
    Johnson v. Mississippi
  65. May 2, 1988· cited 789×
    Kungys v. United States
  66. February 24, 1988· cited 789×
    Peralta v. Heights Medical Center, Inc.
  67. June 15, 1988· cited 784×
    Pinter v. Dahl
  68. February 23, 1988· cited 752×
    Department of the Navy v. Egan
  69. June 15, 1988· cited 735×
    Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft v. Schlunk
  70. December 1, 1987· cited 720×
    Langley v. Federal Deposit Insurance
  71. June 20, 1988· cited 718×
    New York State Club Assn., Inc. v. City of New York
  72. January 12, 1988· cited 715×
    Deakins v. Monaghan
  73. June 6, 1988· cited 679×
    Clark v. Jeter
  74. June 6, 1988· cited 671×
    Meyer v. Grant
  75. January 12, 1988· cited 671×
    Thompson v. Thompson
  76. June 13, 1988· cited 667×
    Van Cauwenberghe v. Biard
  77. June 29, 1988· cited 617×
    Thompson v. Oklahoma
  78. February 24, 1988· cited 609×
    Pennell v. City of San Jose
  79. May 31, 1988· cited 585×
    New Energy Co. of Indiana v. Limbach
  80. June 13, 1988· cited 551×
    Loeffler v. Frank
  81. October 19, 1987· cited 540×
    City of New York v. Eastway Construction Corp.
  82. May 2, 1988· cited 526×
    Business Electronics Corp. v. Sharp Electronics Corp.
  83. December 14, 1987· cited 524×
    National Labor Relations Board v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 23
  84. May 16, 1988· cited 503×
    Chick Kam Choo v. Exxon Corp.
  85. June 29, 1988· cited 491×
    Bowen v. Kendrick
  86. March 22, 1988· cited 488×
    Schneidewind v. ANR Pipeline Co.
  87. May 16, 1988· cited 443×
    Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Commercial Office Products Co.
  88. June 24, 1988· cited 442×
    Sheridan v. United States
  89. June 22, 1988· cited 420×
    Doe v. United States
  90. June 29, 1988· cited 410×
    United States v. Kozminski
  91. June 24, 1988· cited 405×
    Kadrmas v. Dickinson Public Schools
  92. January 13, 1988· cited 391×
    Westfall v. Erwin
  93. May 31, 1988· cited 385×
    Federal Deposit Insurance v. Mallen
  94. May 16, 1988· cited 367×
    United States Department of Justice v. Julian
  95. January 25, 1988· cited 364×
    Mullins Coal Co. of Va. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
  96. February 22, 1988· cited 363×
    Marino v. Ortiz
  97. June 29, 1988· cited 361×
    Communications Workers of America v. Beck
  98. May 31, 1988· cited 361×
    Amadeo v. Zant
  99. April 20, 1988· cited 359×
    Traynor v. Turnage
  100. September 15, 1988· cited 347×
    Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Pangilinan

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