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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 2000

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 2000 (October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 978 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (978 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 28, 2001· cited 3,847×
    Zadvydas v. Davis
  2. May 29, 2001· cited 3,581×
    Booth v. Churner
  3. April 23, 2001· cited 3,456×
    Clark County School District v. Breeden
  4. May 29, 2001· cited 3,343×
    New Hampshire v. Maine
  5. June 18, 2001· cited 3,086×
    United States v. Mead Corp.
  6. May 29, 2001· cited 3,075×
    Buckhannon Board & Care Home, Inc. v. West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human Resources
  7. June 25, 2001· cited 2,984×
    Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr
  8. April 24, 2001· cited 2,468×
    Alexander v. Sandoval
  9. June 18, 2001· cited 2,368×
    Duncan v. Walker
  10. February 21, 2001· cited 2,166×
    Board of Trustees of Univ. of Ala. v. Garrett
  11. December 11, 2000· cited 1,972×
    Green Tree Financial Corp.-Alabama v. Randolph
  12. June 11, 2001· cited 1,834×
    Kyllo v. United States
  13. February 20, 2001· cited 1,606×
    Brentwood Academy v. Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Assn.
  14. February 27, 2001· cited 1,439×
    Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc.
  15. April 24, 2001· cited 1,388×
    Atwater v. City of Lago Vista
  16. November 7, 2000· cited 1,366×
    Artuz v. Bennett
  17. March 21, 2001· cited 1,312×
    Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams
  18. November 28, 2000· cited 1,205×
    City of Indianapolis v. Edmond
  19. February 27, 2001· cited 1,165×
    Semtek International Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp.
  20. January 9, 2001· cited 1,160×
    Glover v. United States
  21. March 5, 2001· cited 1,012×
    Department of the Interior v. Klamath Water Users Protective Ass'n
  22. February 21, 2001· cited 956×
    Buckman Co. v. Plaintiffs' Legal Committee
  23. June 4, 2001· cited 946×
    Penry v. Johnson
  24. May 14, 2001· cited 874×
    Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.
  25. June 28, 2001· cited 859×
    Palazzolo v. Rhode Island
  26. June 28, 2001· cited 822×
    Tyler v. Cain
  27. April 2, 2001· cited 737×
    Egelhoff v. Egelhoff Ex Rel. Breiner
  28. February 20, 2001· cited 735×
    Illinois v. McArthur
  29. May 14, 2001· cited 650×
    Major League Baseball Players Assn. v. Garvey
  30. May 14, 2001· cited 616×
    Rogers v. Tennessee
  31. June 11, 2001· cited 602×
    Good News Club v. Milford Central School
  32. June 4, 2001· cited 592×
    Becker v. Montgomery
  33. April 18, 2001· cited 586×
    Shaw v. Murphy
  34. May 29, 2001· cited 561×
    PGA Tour, Inc. v. Martin
  35. April 25, 2001· cited 560×
    Lackawanna County District Attorney v. Coss
  36. November 28, 2000· cited 558×
    Eastern Associated Coal Corp. v. United Mine Workers, District 17
  37. December 12, 2000· cited 553×
    Bush v. Gore
  38. June 28, 2001· cited 549×
    Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Reilly
  39. January 10, 2001· cited 532×
    Lopez v. Davis
  40. March 21, 2001· cited 523×
    Ferguson v. City of Charleston
  41. March 20, 2001· cited 507×
    TrafFix Devices, Inc. v. Marketing Displays, Inc.
  42. April 17, 2001· cited 503×
    Texas v. Cobb
  43. June 11, 2001· cited 482×
    Cedric Kushner Promotions, Ltd. v. King
  44. January 9, 2001· cited 479×
    Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
  45. April 25, 2001· cited 461×
    Daniels v. United States
  46. March 20, 2001· cited 448×
    Buford v. United States
  47. June 25, 2001· cited 439×
    Nevada v. Hicks
  48. May 21, 2001· cited 435×
    United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative
  49. February 21, 2001· cited 399×
    Lewis v. Lewis & Clark Marine, Inc.
  50. November 7, 2000· cited 390×
    Cleveland v. United States
  51. May 21, 2001· cited 378×
    Bartnicki v. Vopper
  52. June 4, 2001· cited 356×
    Pollard v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.
  53. October 2, 2000· cited 347×
    Katherine L. v. Sonoma County Social Services Department
  54. February 28, 2001· cited 314×
    Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez
  55. June 25, 2001· cited 289×
    United States v. United Foods, Inc.
  56. January 17, 2001· cited 287×
    Seling v. Young
  57. May 14, 2001· cited 262×
    C & L Enterprises Inc. v. Citizen Band Potawatomi Indian Tribe of Oklahoma
  58. April 18, 2001· cited 248×
    United States v. Cleveland Indians Baseball Co.
  59. June 11, 2001· cited 241×
    Alabama v. Bozeman
  60. January 9, 2001· cited 238×
    Fiore v. White
  61. May 29, 2001· cited 233×
    Arkansas v. Sullivan
  62. June 11, 2001· cited 226×
    Tuan Anh Nguyen v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
  63. June 25, 2001· cited 205×
    Federal Election Commission v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee
  64. June 25, 2001· cited 204×
    Calcano-Martinez v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
  65. October 2, 2000· cited 204×
    Haugland v. Chase Mortgage Services, Inc.
  66. May 21, 2001· cited 190×
    United States v. Hatter
  67. May 29, 2001· cited 185×
    National Labor Relations Board v. Kentucky River Community Care, Inc.
  68. February 21, 2001· cited 176×
    Central Green Co. v. United States
  69. March 20, 2001· cited 174×
    Shafer v. South Carolina
  70. January 17, 2001· cited 170×
    City News & Novelty, Inc. v. City of Waukesha
  71. April 2, 2001· cited 167×
    Pacheco-Zepeda v. United States
  72. March 19, 2001· cited 167×
    Williams v. Dormire
  73. May 29, 2001· cited 156×
    Atkinson Trading Co. v. Shirley
  74. November 27, 2000· cited 154×
    Turner v. Arkansas Mental Health Department
  75. March 19, 2001· cited 146×
    Ohio v. Reiner
  76. April 17, 2001· cited 145×
    Lujan v. G & G Fire Sprinklers, Inc.
  77. March 26, 2001· cited 140×
    Foster v. Neal
  78. January 9, 2001· cited 121×
    Gitlitz v. Commissioner
  79. November 27, 2000· cited 121×
    Fria Vazquez del Mercado v. United States
  80. October 2, 2000· cited 119×
    Choice v. Goord
  81. June 25, 2001· cited 118×
    New York Times Co. v. Tasini
  82. May 29, 2001· cited 98×
    Wharf (Holdings) Ltd. v. United International Holdings, Inc.
  83. June 4, 2001· cited 91×
    United Dominion Industries, Inc. v. United States
  84. February 28, 2001· cited 89×
    Cook v. Gralike
  85. June 4, 2001· cited 88×
    Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp. v. Garris
  86. October 16, 2000· cited 85×
    Harris v. Superior Court of California
  87. June 25, 2001· cited 74×
    Phelps Dodge Corp. v. United States
  88. April 23, 2001· cited 73×
    Caraveo v. Johnson
  89. April 2, 2001· cited 69×
    Hu v. Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities
  90. October 2, 2000· cited 67×
    Escarino-Carrillo v. United States
  91. May 29, 2001· cited 65×
    Chuong Duong Tong v. Texas
  92. January 16, 2001· cited 65×
    Quang Ly Tran v. Konteh
  93. December 4, 2000· cited 65×
    Arons v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Delaware
  94. February 20, 2001· cited 64×
    Steen v. North Carolina
  95. June 25, 2001· cited 59×
    Eduardo R. v. Wisconsin
  96. December 4, 2000· cited 55×
    Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board
  97. March 26, 2001· cited 54×
    Boles v. EMSA Correctional Care, Inc.
  98. January 8, 2001· cited 52×
    Keyes v. Dormire
  99. February 20, 2001· cited 51×
    Gonzalez v. McDaniel
  100. October 10, 2000· cited 50×
    Woodhawk Club Condominium Owners Ass'n v. City of Mayfield Heights

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