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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1996

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1996 (October 1, 1996 to September 30, 1997), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 1,198 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (1,198 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. April 28, 1997· cited 7,185×
    Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. Brown
  2. June 25, 1997· cited 4,991×
    Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor
  3. June 23, 1997· cited 4,248×
    Lindh v. Murphy
  4. March 19, 1997· cited 3,786×
    Bennett v. Spear
  5. January 7, 1997· cited 2,913×
    Old Chief v. United States
  6. February 18, 1997· cited 2,720×
    Robinson v. Shell Oil Co.
  7. February 19, 1997· cited 2,686×
    Auer v. Robbins
  8. June 26, 1997· cited 2,664×
    Washington v. Glucksberg
  9. May 19, 1997· cited 2,485×
    Edwards v. Balisok
  10. June 16, 1997· cited 2,432×
    Mazurek v. Armstrong
  11. May 27, 1997· cited 2,415×
    Clinton v. Jones
  12. March 3, 1997· cited 2,323×
    Arizonans for Official English v. Arizona
  13. December 10, 1996· cited 2,132×
    Caterpillar Inc. v. Lewis
  14. March 31, 1997· cited 2,070×
    United States v. Lanier
  15. June 23, 1997· cited 2,057×
    Kansas v. Hendricks
  16. November 18, 1996· cited 2,025×
    Ohio v. Robinette
  17. June 25, 1997· cited 1,926×
    City of Boerne v. Flores
  18. June 23, 1997· cited 1,924×
    Agostini v. Felton
  19. June 26, 1997· cited 1,682×
    Raines v. Byrd
  20. January 6, 1997· cited 1,575×
    United States v. Watts
  21. February 19, 1997· cited 1,555×
    Maryland v. Wilson
  22. June 9, 1997· cited 1,476×
    Bracy v. Gramley
  23. March 3, 1997· cited 1,430×
    Warner-Jenkinson Co. v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co.
  24. April 21, 1997· cited 1,415×
    Blessing v. Freestone
  25. June 23, 1997· cited 1,372×
    Idaho v. Coeur D'Alene Tribe of Idaho
  26. June 26, 1997· cited 1,180×
    Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union
  27. May 12, 1997· cited 1,014×
    Lambrix v. Singletary
  28. February 19, 1997· cited 1,008×
    Regents of University of California v. Doe
  29. April 28, 1997· cited 959×
    Richards v. Wisconsin
  30. June 27, 1997· cited 937×
    Printz v. United States
  31. March 3, 1997· cited 905×
    United States v. Gonzales
  32. December 16, 1996· cited 896×
    M. L. B. v. S. L. J.
  33. June 2, 1997· cited 879×
    McMillian v. Monroe County
  34. June 9, 1997· cited 838×
    Gilbert v. Homar
  35. February 18, 1997· cited 752×
    California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement v. Dillingham Construction, N. A.
  36. February 19, 1997· cited 732×
    Lynce v. Mathis
  37. April 28, 1997· cited 645×
    Timmons v. Twin Cities Area New Party
  38. June 16, 1997· cited 600×
    Hughes Aircraft Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Schumer
  39. April 15, 1997· cited 524×
    Chandler v. Miller
  40. June 19, 1997· cited 521×
    O'Dell v. Netherland
  41. June 2, 1997· cited 491×
    Boggs v. Boggs
  42. February 18, 1997· cited 489×
    United States v. Brockamp
  43. June 25, 1997· cited 478×
    United States v. O'Hagan
  44. June 16, 1997· cited 471×
    Associates Commercial Corp. v. Rash
  45. June 19, 1997· cited 453×
    Klehr v. A. O. Smith Corp.
  46. February 18, 1997· cited 447×
    General Motors Corp. v. Tracy
  47. January 14, 1997· cited 447×
    Walters v. Metropolitan Educational Enterprises, Inc.
  48. June 23, 1997· cited 446×
    Richardson v. McKnight
  49. May 27, 1997· cited 426×
    Suitum v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
  50. May 27, 1997· cited 423×
    United States v. LaBonte
  51. May 19, 1997· cited 392×
    Camps Newfound/Owatonna, Inc. v. Town of Harrison
  52. April 28, 1997· cited 380×
    Strate v. A-1 Contractors
  53. November 4, 1996· cited 374×
    California v. Roy
  54. February 19, 1997· cited 347×
    Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western NY
  55. May 19, 1997· cited 345×
    Edmond v. United States
  56. June 2, 1997· cited 317×
    De Buono v. NYSA-ILA Medical & Clinical Services Fund Ex Rel. Bowers
  57. June 26, 1997· cited 314×
    Vacco v. Quill
  58. June 9, 1997· cited 302×
    Johnson v. Fankell
  59. November 13, 1996· cited 288×
    Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Yueh-Shaio Yang
  60. January 14, 1997· cited 279×
    Atherton v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
  61. June 19, 1997· cited 252×
    Metropolitan Stevedore Co. v. Rambo
  62. May 27, 1997· cited 246×
    United States v. Hyde
  63. June 19, 1997· cited 233×
    Abrams v. Johnson
  64. May 12, 1997· cited 225×
    Harbor Tug & Barge Co. v. Papai
  65. May 12, 1997· cited 215×
    Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board
  66. June 23, 1997· cited 198×
    Metro-North Commuter Railroad v. Buckley
  67. June 25, 1997· cited 181×
    Glickman v. Wileman Brothers & Elliott, Inc.
  68. December 10, 1996· cited 175×
    O'Gilvie v. United States
  69. March 18, 1997· cited 170×
    Young v. Harper
  70. October 15, 1996· cited 163×
    Becker v. Southwest Travis County Road District No. 1
  71. June 2, 1997· cited 152×
    Saratoga Fishing Co. v. J. M. Martinac & Co.
  72. June 27, 1997· cited 150×
    Federation for American Immigration Reform, Inc. v. Reno
  73. February 25, 1997· cited 135×
    Dunn v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
  74. June 2, 1997· cited 118×
    Arkansas v. Farm Credit Services of Central Arkansas
  75. January 6, 1997· cited 117×
    Electro-Voice, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
  76. December 9, 1996· cited 116×
    Blue v. Mississippi
  77. May 12, 1997· cited 113×
    Inter-Modal Rail Employees Ass'n v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
  78. May 19, 1997· cited 109×
    City & County of Denver v. Sonnenfeld
  79. December 2, 1996· cited 107×
    DiDomenico v. United States
  80. October 15, 1996· cited 103×
    Construction Products Research, Inc. v. United States
  81. June 23, 1997· cited 98×
    United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Brannan
  82. June 19, 1997· cited 97×
    United States v. Alaska
  83. October 7, 1996· cited 96×
    Brewington v. Woodard
  84. December 16, 1996· cited 94×
    Barbee v. Electronic Data Systems Corp.
  85. October 7, 1996· cited 94×
    Jackson v. City of Atlanta
  86. October 15, 1996· cited 92×
    Martin v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of California
  87. March 31, 1997· cited 90×
    Lambert v. Wicklund
  88. February 18, 1997· cited 89×
    Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
  89. February 18, 1997· cited 83×
    South African Airways v. Brink's Ltd.
  90. November 6, 1996· cited 82×
    Lopez v. Monterey County
  91. April 14, 1997· cited 80×
    McReynolds v. Gangel-Jacob
  92. May 12, 1997· cited 79×
    Carter v. Amtrak National Railroad Passenger
  93. March 17, 1997· cited 78×
    Scott v. Dime Savings Bank of New York
  94. December 2, 1996· cited 78×
    North Michigan Land & Oil Corp. v. Michigan Public Service Commission
  95. December 2, 1996· cited 76×
    Long Island Jewish Medical Center v. Schonholz
  96. February 18, 1997· cited 69×
    Bibles, Oregon Director, Bureau of Land Management v. Oregon Natural Desert Association
  97. October 7, 1996· cited 69×
    Farris v. United States
  98. June 27, 1997· cited 66×
    Pounders v. Watson
  99. May 12, 1997· cited 66×
    West American Insurance v. Freeman
  100. June 2, 1997· cited 64×
    Schwartz v. Emhart Glass Machinery, Inc.

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