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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1990

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1990 (October 1, 1990 to September 30, 1991), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 1,248 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (1,248 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. September 13, 1991· cited 12,560×
    Coleman v. Thompson
  2. June 17, 1991· cited 6,530×
    Wilson v. Seiter
  3. August 2, 1991· cited 6,250×
    Chambers v. Nasco, Inc.
  4. May 20, 1991· cited 6,060×
    Arizona v. Fulminante
  5. January 15, 1991· cited 5,972×
    Grogan v. Garner
  6. June 27, 1991· cited 4,521×
    Harmelin v. Michigan
  7. June 20, 1991· cited 4,435×
    Florida v. Bostick
  8. May 28, 1991· cited 4,168×
    Hernandez v. New York
  9. April 23, 1991· cited 3,670×
    California v. Hodari D.
  10. September 13, 1991· cited 3,458×
    Payne v. Tennessee
  11. June 10, 1991· cited 3,376×
    Melkonyan v. Sullivan
  12. April 16, 1991· cited 3,331×
    McCleskey v. Zant
  13. January 22, 1991· cited 3,247×
    Irwin v. Department of Veterans Affairs
  14. April 1, 1991· cited 2,917×
    Powers v. Ohio
  15. May 23, 1991· cited 2,725×
    Siegert v. Gilley
  16. March 27, 1991· cited 2,678×
    Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co.
  17. May 13, 1991· cited 2,511×
    Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp.
  18. June 24, 1991· cited 2,430×
    Ylst v. Nunnemaker
  19. March 20, 1991· cited 2,415×
    Salve Regina College v. Russell
  20. May 23, 1991· cited 2,277×
    Florida v. Jimeno
  21. March 26, 1991· cited 2,087×
    United States v. Gaubert
  22. May 30, 1991· cited 1,988×
    Burns v. Reed
  23. December 3, 1990· cited 1,857×
    Ingersoll-Rand Co. v. McClendon
  24. June 13, 1991· cited 1,818×
    McNeil v. Wisconsin
  25. May 20, 1991· cited 1,546×
    County of Riverside v. McLaughlin
  26. June 27, 1991· cited 1,491×
    Freytag v. Commissioner
  27. September 13, 1991· cited 1,454×
    Schad v. Arizona
  28. June 3, 1991· cited 1,409×
    California v. Acevedo
  29. March 4, 1991· cited 1,406×
    Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Haslip
  30. April 17, 1991· cited 1,405×
    Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute
  31. June 3, 1991· cited 1,403×
    Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co.
  32. May 30, 1991· cited 1,362×
    Chapman v. United States
  33. June 20, 1991· cited 1,325×
    Gregory v. Ashcroft
  34. May 23, 1991· cited 1,298×
    Rust v. Sullivan
  35. May 20, 1991· cited 1,291×
    Kamen v. Kemper Financial Services, Inc.
  36. June 10, 1991· cited 1,263×
    Johnson v. Home State Bank
  37. January 8, 1991· cited 1,263×
    Cheek v. United States
  38. September 13, 1991· cited 1,199×
    Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. Gilbertson
  39. November 13, 1990· cited 1,172×
    Cage v. Louisiana
  40. June 20, 1991· cited 1,051×
    Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc.
  41. June 10, 1991· cited 967×
    Astoria Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Solimino
  42. November 27, 1990· cited 950×
    FMC Corp. v. Holliday
  43. August 2, 1991· cited 932×
    Yates v. Evatt
  44. March 19, 1991· cited 888×
    Air Line Pilots Ass'n v. O'Neill
  45. March 19, 1991· cited 884×
    West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. Casey
  46. March 20, 1991· cited 867×
    Martin v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission
  47. June 13, 1991· cited 848×
    Burns v. United States
  48. December 3, 1990· cited 848×
    Minnick v. Mississippi
  49. June 21, 1991· cited 844×
    Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc.
  50. June 13, 1991· cited 821×
    Litton Financial Printing Div., Litton Business Systems, Inc. v. NLRB
  51. February 26, 1991· cited 811×
    Business Guides, Inc. v. Chromatic Communications Enterprises, Inc.
  52. August 2, 1991· cited 804×
    Mu'Min v. Virginia
  53. June 20, 1991· cited 803×
    James B. Beam Distilling Co. v. Georgia
  54. February 19, 1991· cited 789×
    Ford v. Georgia
  55. November 6, 1990· cited 779×
    Miles v. Apex Marine Corp.
  56. March 26, 1991· cited 770×
    Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Arabian American Oil Co.
  57. December 3, 1990· cited 742×
    Moskal v. United States
  58. February 26, 1991· cited 697×
    Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Citizen Band of Potawatomi Tribe of Okla.
  59. May 28, 1991· cited 633×
    Owen v. Owen
  60. June 27, 1991· cited 631×
    Peretz v. United States
  61. June 21, 1991· cited 626×
    Wisconsin Public Intervenor v. Mortier
  62. April 1, 1991· cited 609×
    City of Columbia v. Omni Outdoor Advertising, Inc.
  63. February 20, 1991· cited 609×
    McNary v. Haitian Refugee Center, Inc.
  64. June 27, 1991· cited 584×
    Virginia Bankshares, Inc. v. Sandberg
  65. January 10, 1991· cited 575×
    Langenkamp v. Culp
  66. February 19, 1991· cited 574×
    McDermott International, Inc. v. Wilander
  67. June 27, 1991· cited 552×
    Gentile v. State Bar of Nev.
  68. February 19, 1991· cited 550×
    Gozlon-Peretz v. United States
  69. June 17, 1991· cited 542×
    Renne v. Geary
  70. June 24, 1991· cited 524×
    Pauley v. BethEnergy Mines, Inc.
  71. June 24, 1991· cited 520×
    Blatchford v. Native Village of Noatak
  72. February 19, 1991· cited 517×
    Freeport-McMoRan Inc. v. K N Energy, Inc.
  73. May 20, 1991· cited 513×
    Michigan v. Lucas
  74. June 13, 1991· cited 500×
    Toibb v. Radloff
  75. June 6, 1991· cited 497×
    Connecticut v. Doehr
  76. April 16, 1991· cited 485×
    Kay v. Ehrler
  77. June 20, 1991· cited 483×
    Chisom v. Roemer
  78. May 20, 1991· cited 480×
    International Primate Protection League v. Administrators of Tulane Educational Fund
  79. February 20, 1991· cited 452×
    Dennis v. Higgins
  80. January 22, 1991· cited 432×
    Parker v. Dugger
  81. January 15, 1991· cited 428×
    Board of Ed. of Oklahoma City Public Schools v. Dowell
  82. February 19, 1991· cited 398×
    Lozada v. Deeds
  83. May 23, 1991· cited 382×
    Farrey v. Sanderfoot
  84. May 20, 1991· cited 373×
    McCarthy v. Bronson
  85. February 26, 1991· cited 368×
    Air Courier Conference of America v. American Postal Workers Union
  86. January 7, 1991· cited 368×
    Temple v. Synthes Corp.
  87. January 15, 1991· cited 362×
    Firstier Mortgage Co. v. Investors Mortgage Insurance
  88. January 8, 1991· cited 354×
    Demarest v. Manspeaker
  89. October 29, 1990· cited 353×
    Shell v. Mississippi
  90. March 19, 1991· cited 329×
    Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. American Train Dispatchers' Ass'n
  91. February 19, 1991· cited 308×
    In Re Sindram
  92. January 22, 1991· cited 301×
    United States v. R. Enterprises, Inc.
  93. April 17, 1991· cited 300×
    Eastern Airlines, Inc. v. Floyd
  94. June 24, 1991· cited 288×
    Cohen v. Cowles Media Co.
  95. May 28, 1991· cited 274×
    Braxton v. United States
  96. May 23, 1991· cited 268×
    McCormick v. United States
  97. June 17, 1991· cited 244×
    Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority v. Citizens for the Abatement of Aircraft Noise, Inc.
  98. May 28, 1991· cited 236×
    Summit Health, Ltd. v. Pinhas
  99. April 16, 1991· cited 225×
    Leathers v. Medlock
  100. April 23, 1991· cited 224×
    American Hospital Ass'n v. National Labor Relations Board

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