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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 1997

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 1997 (October 1, 1997 to September 30, 1998), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 1,063 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (1,063 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. March 24, 1998· cited 12,622×
    Almendarez-Torres v. United States
  2. March 4, 1998· cited 10,096×
    Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment
  3. June 26, 1998· cited 6,226×
    Faragher v. City of Boca Raton
  4. May 26, 1998· cited 6,212×
    County of Sacramento v. Lewis
  5. December 15, 1997· cited 6,055×
    City of Chicago v. International College of Surgeons
  6. May 18, 1998· cited 5,336×
    Bousley v. United States
  7. June 26, 1998· cited 4,775×
    Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth
  8. December 15, 1997· cited 4,535×
    General Electric Co. v. Joiner
  9. March 4, 1998· cited 3,700×
    Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.
  10. March 3, 1998· cited 3,515×
    Spencer v. Kemna
  11. May 4, 1998· cited 2,583×
    Crawford-El v. Britton
  12. March 3, 1998· cited 2,007×
    Kawaauhau v. Geiger
  13. March 31, 1998· cited 1,617×
    United States v. Scheffer
  14. December 10, 1997· cited 1,410×
    Hudson v. United States
  15. June 22, 1998· cited 1,395×
    United States v. Bajakajian
  16. June 26, 1998· cited 1,379×
    Bragdon v. Abbott
  17. June 22, 1998· cited 1,376×
    Gebser v. Lago Vista Independent School District
  18. June 15, 1998· cited 1,374×
    Pennsylvania Department of Corrections v. Yeskey
  19. June 25, 1998· cited 1,341×
    Wisconsin Department of Corrections v. Schacht
  20. May 4, 1998· cited 1,326×
    Calderon v. Thompson
  21. March 31, 1998· cited 1,234×
    Texas v. United States
  22. December 10, 1997· cited 1,173×
    Kalina v. Fletcher
  23. June 8, 1998· cited 1,059×
    United States v. Bestfoods
  24. December 2, 1997· cited 1,039×
    Salinas v. United States
  25. March 24, 1998· cited 919×
    Cohen v. De La Cruz
  26. February 24, 1998· cited 895×
    Rivet v. Regions Bank of Louisiana
  27. June 8, 1998· cited 848×
    Muscarello v. United States
  28. June 1, 1998· cited 845×
    Federal Election Commission v. Akins
  29. May 26, 1998· cited 757×
    Ohio Forestry Assn., Inc. v. Sierra Club
  30. March 9, 1998· cited 723×
    Gray v. Maryland
  31. June 25, 1998· cited 720×
    Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel
  32. March 3, 1998· cited 706×
    Bogan v. Scott-Harris
  33. June 15, 1998· cited 683×
    Bryan v. United States
  34. March 3, 1998· cited 670×
    Lexecon Inc. v. Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach
  35. May 18, 1998· cited 644×
    Stewart v. Martinez-Villareal
  36. June 25, 1998· cited 641×
    Clinton v. City of New York
  37. June 26, 1998· cited 610×
    Monge v. California
  38. January 26, 1998· cited 595×
    Allentown MacK Sales & Service, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
  39. June 25, 1998· cited 588×
    Pennsylvania Bd. of Probation and Parole v. Scott
  40. June 8, 1998· cited 578×
    United States v. Beggerly
  41. December 15, 1997· cited 534×
    Bay Area Laundry & Dry Cleaning Pension Trust Fund v. Ferbar Corp. of California, Inc.
  42. January 13, 1998· cited 516×
    Baker v. General Motors Corp.
  43. June 15, 1998· cited 509×
    Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation
  44. May 18, 1998· cited 501×
    Arkansas Educational Television Commission v. Forbes
  45. June 25, 1998· cited 488×
    National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley
  46. June 22, 1998· cited 439×
    Hohn v. United States
  47. April 22, 1998· cited 412×
    Beach v. Ocwen Federal Bank
  48. March 4, 1998· cited 408×
    United States v. Ramirez
  49. April 21, 1998· cited 405×
    Breard v. Greene
  50. May 26, 1998· cited 393×
    Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma v. Manufacturing Technologies, Inc.
  51. June 25, 1998· cited 387×
    Swidler & Berlin v. United States
  52. June 15, 1998· cited 376×
    American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Central Office Telephone, Inc.
  53. March 31, 1998· cited 372×
    Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc.
  54. February 25, 1998· cited 369×
    National Credit Union Administration v. First National Bank & Trust Co.
  55. December 9, 1997· cited 363×
    Trest v. Cain
  56. March 25, 1998· cited 357×
    Ohio Adult Parole Authority v. Woodard
  57. January 21, 1998· cited 353×
    Buchanan v. Angelone
  58. May 26, 1998· cited 345×
    Calderon v. Ashmus
  59. November 4, 1997· cited 321×
    Bates v. United States
  60. April 29, 1998· cited 316×
    Edwards v. United States
  61. June 22, 1998· cited 284×
    Kilgore v. Bowersox
  62. June 1, 1998· cited 270×
    United States v. Cabrales
  63. January 26, 1998· cited 254×
    Brogan v. United States
  64. January 26, 1998· cited 242×
    Oubre v. Entergy Operations, Inc.
  65. April 22, 1998· cited 239×
    Miller v. Albright
  66. June 8, 1998· cited 237×
    Hopkins v. Reeves
  67. January 21, 1998· cited 220×
    LaChance v. Erickson
  68. January 26, 1998· cited 205×
    South Dakota v. Yankton Sioux Tribe
  69. June 22, 1998· cited 203×
    Caron v. United States
  70. May 18, 1998· cited 200×
    Textron Lycoming Reciprocating Engine Division v. United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers
  71. February 24, 1998· cited 200×
    Regions Hospital v. Shalala
  72. October 6, 1997· cited 189×
    King v. Bureau of Indian Affairs
  73. February 25, 1998· cited 175×
    Alaska v. Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government
  74. June 26, 1998· cited 174×
    United States v. Balsys
  75. April 21, 1998· cited 173×
    Campbell v. Louisiana
  76. May 26, 1998· cited 143×
    Air Line Pilots Ass'n v. Miller
  77. October 6, 1997· cited 142×
    Adams v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California
  78. March 31, 1998· cited 132×
    United States v. United States Shoe Corp.
  79. March 23, 1998· cited 127×
    Buchbinder v. Commissioner
  80. February 23, 1998· cited 122×
    Blankenship v. Parke Care Centers, Inc.
  81. April 28, 1998· cited 120×
    California v. Deep Sea Research, Inc.
  82. June 22, 1998· cited 117×
    Forney v. Apfel
  83. June 15, 1998· cited 109×
    Krishnamurthy v. Nimmagadda
  84. October 20, 1997· cited 106×
    Garber v. Los Angeles Municipal Court
  85. April 29, 1998· cited 105×
    United States v. Estate of Romani
  86. February 23, 1998· cited 104×
    Cochrane v. Tudor Oaks Ltd. Partnership
  87. October 14, 1997· cited 103×
    I. D. P. v. United States
  88. December 1, 1997· cited 101×
    Orleans Parish School Board v. United States Gypsum Co.
  89. April 21, 1998· cited 100×
    Atlantic Mutual Insurance v. Commissioner
  90. April 20, 1998· cited 95×
    Jackson v. Walker
  91. March 23, 1998· cited 95×
    AmeriSource Corp. v. HJB, Inc.
  92. December 2, 1997· cited 91×
    Foster v. Love
  93. October 6, 1997· cited 87×
    Hooker v. Producers Tractor Co.
  94. March 23, 1998· cited 86×
    Hetzel v. Prince William County
  95. December 1, 1997· cited 84×
    Doe ex rel. Doe v. Board of Education
  96. October 6, 1997· cited 84×
    American Airlines, Inc. v. Criales
  97. January 13, 1998· cited 82×
    Fidelity Financial Services, Inc. v. Fink
  98. June 8, 1998· cited 81×
    Dooley v. Korean Air Lines Co.
  99. November 3, 1997· cited 80×
    Fletcher v. North Carolina
  100. March 2, 1998· cited 78×
    Tavakoli-Nouri v. Washington Hospital Center

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