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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1991

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1991 (October 1, 1991 to September 30, 1992), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 1,347 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (1,347 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 12, 1992· cited 24,791×
    Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife
  2. May 4, 1992· cited 9,936×
    Denton v. Hernandez
  3. December 4, 1991· cited 8,719×
    Estelle v. McGuire
  4. January 22, 1992· cited 8,324×
    Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias
  5. February 25, 1992· cited 8,199×
    Hudson v. McMillian
  6. October 21, 1991· cited 4,474×
    Mireles v. Waco
  7. November 5, 1991· cited 4,063×
    Hafer v. Melo
  8. February 26, 1992· cited 3,302×
    Collins v. City of Harker Heights
  9. December 16, 1991· cited 3,271×
    Hunter v. Bryant
  10. June 24, 1992· cited 3,106×
    Doggett v. United States
  11. March 9, 1992· cited 3,104×
    Connecticut National Bank v. Germain
  12. June 24, 1992· cited 2,631×
    Cipollone v. Liggett Group, Inc.
  13. June 29, 1992· cited 2,492×
    Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey
  14. February 26, 1992· cited 2,453×
    Indopco, Inc. v. Commissioner
  15. June 29, 1992· cited 2,333×
    Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council
  16. June 22, 1992· cited 2,052×
    R. A. v. v. City of St. Paul
  17. June 22, 1992· cited 1,925×
    Sawyer v. Whitley
  18. January 15, 1992· cited 1,895×
    Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Doherty
  19. June 1, 1992· cited 1,837×
    Morales v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
  20. June 8, 1992· cited 1,717×
    Eastman Kodak Co. v. Image Technical Services, Inc.
  21. February 25, 1992· cited 1,691×
    United States v. Nordic Village, Inc.
  22. June 18, 1992· cited 1,649×
    Nordlinger v. Hahn
  23. June 19, 1992· cited 1,604×
    Wright v. West
  24. June 15, 1992· cited 1,584×
    Morgan v. Illinois
  25. June 26, 1992· cited 1,571×
    Two Pesos, Inc. v. Taco Cabana, Inc.
  26. June 24, 1992· cited 1,519×
    City of Burlington v. Dague
  27. March 9, 1992· cited 1,513×
    Williams v. United States
  28. January 15, 1992· cited 1,508×
    White v. Illinois
  29. March 4, 1992· cited 1,480×
    McCarthy v. Madigan
  30. March 24, 1992· cited 1,453×
    Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corporation
  31. June 8, 1992· cited 1,446×
    Burdick v. Takushi
  32. March 24, 1992· cited 1,422×
    United States v. Wilson
  33. December 3, 1991· cited 1,353×
    Griffin v. United States
  34. May 18, 1992· cited 1,348×
    Foucha v. Louisiana
  35. January 15, 1992· cited 1,346×
    Dewsnup v. Timm
  36. March 24, 1992· cited 1,334×
    Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Darden
  37. June 19, 1992· cited 1,301×
    New York v. United States
  38. June 15, 1992· cited 1,297×
    Ankenbrandt Ex Rel. L. R. v. Richards
  39. May 18, 1992· cited 1,295×
    Wade v. United States
  40. June 18, 1992· cited 1,235×
    Georgia v. McCollum
  41. June 22, 1992· cited 1,180×
    Medina v. California
  42. January 15, 1992· cited 1,152×
    Rufo v. Inmates of Suffolk County Jail
  43. February 26, 1992· cited 1,134×
    Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools
  44. May 4, 1992· cited 1,094×
    Keeney v. Tamayo-Reyes
  45. June 18, 1992· cited 976×
    Gade v. National Solid Wastes Management Assn.
  46. June 24, 1992· cited 967×
    Lee v. Weisman
  47. January 14, 1992· cited 954×
    Smith v. Barry
  48. April 1, 1992· cited 953×
    Yee v. City of Escondido
  49. June 19, 1992· cited 951×
    Forsyth County v. Nationalist Movement
  50. April 21, 1992· cited 949×
    Taylor v. Freeland & Kronz
  51. May 18, 1992· cited 921×
    Wyatt v. Cole
  52. June 15, 1992· cited 884×
    Patterson v. Shumate
  53. June 26, 1992· cited 868×
    Franklin v. Massachusetts
  54. June 26, 1992· cited 787×
    International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. v. Lee
  55. May 26, 1992· cited 765×
    Burson v. Freeman
  56. December 16, 1991· cited 755×
    United States Department of State v. Ray
  57. March 9, 1992· cited 753×
    General Motors Corp. v. Romein
  58. May 18, 1992· cited 734×
    Riggins v. Nevada
  59. June 22, 1992· cited 719×
    Estate of Cowart v. Nicklos Drilling Co.
  60. June 12, 1992· cited 709×
    Republic of Argentina v. Weltover, Inc.
  61. May 26, 1992· cited 706×
    United States v. Burke
  62. December 16, 1991· cited 703×
    King v. St. Vincent's Hospital
  63. May 26, 1992· cited 685×
    Quill Corp. v. North Dakota Ex Rel. Heitkamp
  64. March 25, 1992· cited 682×
    Barnhill v. Johnson
  65. March 9, 1992· cited 682×
    Stringer v. Black
  66. December 10, 1991· cited 673×
    Simon & Schuster, Inc. v. Members of the New York State Crime Victims Board
  67. December 10, 1991· cited 656×
    Ardestani v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
  68. March 25, 1992· cited 620×
    Suter v. Artist M.
  69. March 3, 1992· cited 616×
    Willy v. Coastal Corp.
  70. March 9, 1992· cited 544×
    Dawson v. Delaware
  71. January 14, 1992· cited 538×
    Norman v. Reed
  72. March 25, 1992· cited 537×
    United States v. Felix
  73. October 7, 1991· cited 486×
    Lopez-Medina v. United States
  74. February 26, 1992· cited 446×
    Arkansas v. Oklahoma
  75. December 11, 1991· cited 426×
    Union Bank v. Wolas
  76. May 26, 1992· cited 423×
    Evans v. United States
  77. March 31, 1992· cited 422×
    Freeman v. Pitts
  78. January 22, 1992· cited 418×
    Wyoming v. Oklahoma
  79. June 15, 1992· cited 350×
    New Medico Neurologic Center of Michigan, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
  80. June 8, 1992· cited 346×
    Sochor v. Florida
  81. March 25, 1992· cited 341×
    National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Boston & Maine Corp.
  82. December 16, 1991· cited 335×
    Hilton v. South Carolina Public Railways Commission
  83. June 29, 1992· cited 324×
    Espinosa v. Florida
  84. January 14, 1992· cited 324×
    County of Yakima v. Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation
  85. June 15, 1992· cited 323×
    United States v. Alvarez-Machain
  86. December 3, 1991· cited 320×
    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. MCorp Financial, Inc.
  87. January 14, 1992· cited 317×
    Molzof v. United States
  88. March 25, 1992· cited 305×
    Robertson v. Seattle Audubon Society
  89. October 15, 1991· cited 301×
    United States v. Ibarra
  90. December 16, 1991· cited 269×
    Immigration & Naturalization Service v. National Center for Immigrants' Rights, Inc.
  91. January 27, 1992· cited 266×
    Lechmere, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
  92. April 21, 1992· cited 256×
    United States Department of Energy v. Ohio
  93. March 30, 1992· cited 255×
    Cortec Industries, Inc. v. Westinghouse Credit Corp.
  94. June 15, 1992· cited 246×
    Allied-Signal, Inc. Ex Rel. Bendix Corp. v. Director, Division of Taxation
  95. June 1, 1992· cited 242×
    Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Hunt
  96. December 4, 1991· cited 239×
    Wooddell v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 71
  97. December 4, 1991· cited 224×
    Southwest Marine, Inc. v. Gizoni
  98. June 8, 1992· cited 217×
    United States v. Thompson/Center Arms Co.
  99. June 12, 1992· cited 208×
    Federal Trade Commission v. Ticor Title Insurance
  100. June 1, 1992· cited 208×
    Fort Gratiot Sanitary Landfill, Inc. v. Michigan Department of Natural Resources

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