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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1989

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1989 (October 1, 1989 to September 30, 1990), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 1,185 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (1,185 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 27, 1990· cited 5,583×
    Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation
  2. May 29, 1990· cited 5,461×
    Taylor v. United States
  3. June 11, 1990· cited 4,510×
    Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp.
  4. February 27, 1990· cited 3,290×
    Zinermon v. Burch
  5. June 11, 1990· cited 3,282×
    Alabama v. White
  6. June 4, 1990· cited 2,923×
    Horton v. California
  7. April 24, 1990· cited 2,590×
    Whitmore Ex Rel. Simmons v. Arkansas
  8. June 21, 1990· cited 2,581×
    Illinois v. Rodriguez
  9. February 20, 1990· cited 2,580×
    Sullivan v. Zebley
  10. April 17, 1990· cited 2,569×
    Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. Smith
  11. April 30, 1990· cited 2,306×
    Lewis v. Continental Bank Corp.
  12. March 5, 1990· cited 2,122×
    Maryland v. Buie
  13. June 27, 1990· cited 2,081×
    Idaho v. Wright
  14. January 10, 1990· cited 2,054×
    FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of Dallas
  15. June 27, 1990· cited 2,040×
    Maryland v. Craig
  16. April 23, 1990· cited 1,983×
    Boyde v. California
  17. August 30, 1990· cited 1,972×
    Lewis v. Jeffers
  18. June 4, 1990· cited 1,875×
    Commissioner, Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Jean
  19. June 21, 1990· cited 1,864×
    Collins v. Youngblood
  20. June 21, 1990· cited 1,770×
    Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.
  21. April 18, 1990· cited 1,715×
    Minnesota v. Olson
  22. January 9, 1990· cited 1,715×
    Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. v. Sperling
  23. May 29, 1990· cited 1,620×
    Grady v. Corbin
  24. January 17, 1990· cited 1,616×
    Dowling v. United States
  25. August 30, 1990· cited 1,614×
    Walton v. Arizona
  26. April 16, 1990· cited 1,489×
    Washington v. Harper
  27. June 4, 1990· cited 1,390×
    English v. General Electric Co.
  28. February 27, 1990· cited 1,364×
    Carden v. Arkoma Associates
  29. June 14, 1990· cited 1,320×
    Wilder v. Virginia Hospital Assn.
  30. April 17, 1990· cited 1,318×
    Clemons v. Mississippi
  31. June 14, 1990· cited 1,275×
    Michigan Department of State Police v. Sitz
  32. August 30, 1990· cited 1,236×
    Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois
  33. June 11, 1990· cited 1,197×
    Howlett Ex Rel. Howlett v. Rose
  34. August 13, 1990· cited 1,177×
    Office of Personnel Management v. Richmond
  35. March 5, 1990· cited 1,054×
    Saffle v. Parks
  36. June 4, 1990· cited 1,050×
    Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. v. Bonjorno
  37. March 5, 1990· cited 1,045×
    McKoy v. North Carolina
  38. April 18, 1990· cited 1,010×
    Florida v. Wells
  39. June 18, 1990· cited 976×
    Pennsylvania v. Muniz
  40. June 25, 1990· cited 946×
    Cruzan Ex Rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health
  41. June 4, 1990· cited 906×
    Illinois v. Perkins
  42. March 21, 1990· cited 899×
    United States v. Dalm
  43. June 4, 1990· cited 897×
    Osborne v. Ohio
  44. May 21, 1990· cited 871×
    Hughey v. United States
  45. May 29, 1990· cited 854×
    Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare v. Davenport
  46. February 28, 1990· cited 810×
    United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez
  47. May 14, 1990· cited 783×
    Atlantic Richfield Co. v. USA Petroleum Co.
  48. June 18, 1990· cited 775×
    Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. LTV Corp.
  49. December 5, 1989· cited 756×
    Golden State Transit Corp. v. City of Los Angeles
  50. May 14, 1990· cited 740×
    Chauffeurs, Teamsters & Helpers Local No. 391 v. Terry
  51. June 18, 1990· cited 706×
    Sullivan v. Finkelstein
  52. June 4, 1990· cited 701×
    Begier v. Internal Revenue Service
  53. April 30, 1990· cited 701×
    Michigan v. Harvey
  54. February 27, 1990· cited 696×
    Crandon v. United States
  55. June 4, 1990· cited 690×
    McKesson Corp. v. Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, Fla. Dept. of Business Regulation
  56. May 29, 1990· cited 683×
    Burnham v. Superior Court of Cal., County of Marin
  57. June 27, 1990· cited 682×
    United States v. Kokinda
  58. February 21, 1990· cited 673×
    Preseault v. Interstate Commerce Commission
  59. February 20, 1990· cited 665×
    Pavelic & LeFlore v. Marvel Entertainment Group, Div. of Cadence Industries Corp.
  60. April 18, 1990· cited 658×
    New York v. Harris
  61. August 30, 1990· cited 646×
    Sawyer v. Smith
  62. March 19, 1990· cited 634×
    Tafflin v. Levitt
  63. January 9, 1990· cited 608×
    University of Pennsylvania v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  64. April 30, 1990· cited 578×
    Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. v. Feeney
  65. June 4, 1990· cited 566×
    Board of Ed. of Westside Community Schools (Dist. 66) v. Mergens
  66. March 5, 1990· cited 557×
    Butler v. McKellar
  67. February 28, 1990· cited 551×
    Blystone v. Pennsylvania
  68. January 8, 1990· cited 547×
    Hallstrom v. Tillamook County
  69. June 25, 1990· cited 521×
    Sisson v. Ruby
  70. December 11, 1989· cited 519×
    John Doe Agency v. John Doe Corp.
  71. June 21, 1990· cited 508×
    Maislin Industries, U. S., Inc. v. Primary Steel, Inc.
  72. March 5, 1990· cited 494×
    Ferens v. John Deere Co.
  73. February 20, 1990· cited 489×
    Holland v. Illinois
  74. May 14, 1990· cited 475×
    United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO-CLC v. Rawson
  75. January 17, 1990· cited 425×
    Guidry v. Sheet Metal Workers National Pension Fund
  76. June 14, 1990· cited 408×
    Sullivan v. Stroop
  77. March 27, 1990· cited 396×
    Austin v. Michigan State Chamber of Commerce
  78. June 18, 1990· cited 387×
    Trustees of Boston University v. Brown
  79. April 17, 1990· cited 372×
    Yellow Freight System, Inc. v. Donnelly
  80. June 4, 1990· cited 360×
    Keller v. State Bar of California
  81. June 4, 1990· cited 358×
    American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Smith
  82. February 21, 1990· cited 352×
    Dole v. United Steelworkers
  83. March 20, 1990· cited 346×
    Lytle v. Household Manufacturing, Inc.
  84. January 10, 1990· cited 336×
    Spallone v. United States
  85. April 24, 1990· cited 321×
    Stewart v. Abend
  86. December 5, 1989· cited 321×
    United States v. Sperry Corp.
  87. March 27, 1990· cited 320×
    Adams Fruit Co. v. Barrett
  88. June 25, 1990· cited 316×
    Ohio v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health
  89. June 28, 1990· cited 310×
    Danial Siebert v. Alabama
  90. April 18, 1990· cited 309×
    Venegas v. Mitchell
  91. April 17, 1990· cited 302×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Curtin Matheson Scientific, Inc.
  92. May 29, 1990· cited 294×
    Duro v. Reina
  93. May 29, 1990· cited 283×
    United States v. Energy Resources Co.
  94. June 27, 1990· cited 280×
    Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
  95. January 22, 1990· cited 278×
    W. S. Kirkpatrick & Co. v. Environmental Tectonics Corp., International
  96. December 5, 1989· cited 277×
    Breininger v. Sheet Metal Workers International Ass'n Local Union No. 6
  97. June 3, 1990· cited 266×
    Demosthenes v. Baal
  98. June 25, 1990· cited 264×
    Hodgson v. Minnesota
  99. April 16, 1990· cited 264×
    Superior Roll Forming Co. v. InterRoyal Corp.
  100. March 19, 1990· cited 252×
    Neville v. Appellate Division

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