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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 2001

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 2001 (October 1, 2001 to September 30, 2002), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 916 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (916 with at least one citation, 0 with a syllabus, counted separately); up to 100 of them, ordered by citation count, are listed below.

All Supreme Court records in the CourtListener bulk data

  1. February 26, 2002· cited 8,748×
    Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N. A.
  2. June 10, 2002· cited 6,600×
    National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Morgan
  3. February 26, 2002· cited 4,960×
    Porter v. Nussle
  4. June 27, 2002· cited 4,957×
    Hope v. Pelzer
  5. June 24, 2002· cited 4,683×
    Ring v. Arizona
  6. May 28, 2002· cited 4,551×
    Gisbrecht v. Barnhart
  7. May 28, 2002· cited 4,309×
    Bell v. Cone
  8. January 15, 2002· cited 3,936×
    United States v. Arvizu
  9. June 20, 2002· cited 3,384×
    Atkins v. Virginia
  10. May 20, 2002· cited 3,303×
    United States v. Cotton
  11. June 20, 2002· cited 2,579×
    Christopher v. Harbury
  12. June 20, 2002· cited 2,504×
    Gonzaga University v. Doe
  13. March 4, 2002· cited 2,081×
    United States v. Vonn
  14. May 20, 2002· cited 1,977×
    Verizon Maryland Inc. v. Public Service Commission of Maryland
  15. November 27, 2001· cited 1,854×
    Correctional Services Corp. v. Malesko
  16. December 10, 2001· cited 1,478×
    United States v. Knights
  17. March 27, 2002· cited 1,451×
    Mickens v. Taylor
  18. May 13, 2002· cited 1,425×
    Lapides v. Board of Regents of Univ. System of Ga.
  19. November 13, 2001· cited 1,407×
    TRW Inc. v. Andrews
  20. January 8, 2002· cited 1,389×
    Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. v. Williams
  21. January 8, 2002· cited 1,264×
    Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance v. Knudson
  22. March 27, 2002· cited 1,238×
    Barnhart v. Walton
  23. April 16, 2002· cited 1,129×
    Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition
  24. January 15, 2002· cited 1,129×
    Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Waffle House, Inc.
  25. June 17, 2002· cited 1,084×
    United States v. Drayton
  26. June 17, 2002· cited 1,072×
    Carey v. Saffold
  27. February 19, 2002· cited 1,044×
    Barnhart v. Sigmon Coal Co.
  28. January 8, 2002· cited 924×
    Dusenbery v. United States
  29. June 10, 2002· cited 910×
    McKune v. Lile
  30. April 23, 2002· cited 862×
    Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
  31. April 29, 2002· cited 828×
    US Airways, Inc. v. Barnett
  32. January 22, 2002· cited 765×
    Kansas v. Crane
  33. May 28, 2002· cited 669×
    Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co.
  34. June 17, 2002· cited 655×
    Barnes v. Gorman
  35. March 19, 2002· cited 620×
    Ragsdale v. Wolverine World Wide, Inc.
  36. June 3, 2002· cited 617×
    Holmes Group, Inc. v. Vornado Air Circulation Systems, Inc.
  37. January 22, 2002· cited 511×
    Lee v. Kemna
  38. June 27, 2002· cited 498×
    Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls
  39. June 27, 2002· cited 488×
    Republican Party of Minnesota v. White
  40. June 10, 2002· cited 482×
    Devlin v. Scardelletti
  41. January 15, 2002· cited 478×
    Thomas v. Chicago Park District
  42. May 13, 2002· cited 467×
    City of Los Angeles v. Alameda Books, Inc.
  43. April 17, 2002· cited 448×
    United States v. Craft
  44. May 28, 2002· cited 443×
    Federal Maritime Commission v. South Carolina State Ports Authority
  45. October 1, 2001· cited 429×
    Martinez-Ceballoz v. United States
  46. June 3, 2002· cited 406×
    Securities & Exchange Commission v. Zandford
  47. November 27, 2001· cited 405×
    Chickasaw Nation v. United States
  48. March 4, 2002· cited 393×
    Young v. United States
  49. March 18, 2002· cited 345×
    Zimmerman v. Washington Department of Social and Health Services
  50. May 20, 2002· cited 330×
    Alabama v. Shelton
  51. June 10, 2002· cited 322×
    Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Echazabal
  52. June 27, 2002· cited 320×
    Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
  53. March 26, 2002· cited 319×
    Department of Housing and Urban Development v. Rucker
  54. March 27, 2002· cited 309×
    Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
  55. June 20, 2002· cited 300×
    Rush Prudential HMO, Inc. v. Moran
  56. June 24, 2002· cited 298×
    BE&K Construction Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
  57. June 17, 2002· cited 293×
    Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of New York, Inc. v. Village of Stratton
  58. June 24, 2002· cited 292×
    Kirk v. Louisiana
  59. April 29, 2002· cited 278×
    Thompson v. Western States Medical Center
  60. June 10, 2002· cited 273×
    Franconia Associates v. United States
  61. June 20, 2002· cited 272×
    City of Columbus v. Ours Garage & Wrecker Service, Inc.
  62. December 10, 2001· cited 254×
    J. E. M. Ag Supply, Inc. v. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
  63. May 13, 2002· cited 247×
    Verizon Communications Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission
  64. March 19, 2002· cited 238×
    Edelman v. Lynchburg College
  65. March 4, 2002· cited 237×
    New York v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
  66. June 17, 2002· cited 220×
    Horn v. Banks
  67. November 13, 2001· cited 220×
    United States Postal Service v. Gregory
  68. June 20, 2002· cited 202×
    Utah v. Evans
  69. June 17, 2002· cited 189×
    United States v. Fior D'Italia, Inc.
  70. January 9, 2002· cited 186×
    Kelly v. South Carolina
  71. February 20, 2002· cited 177×
    Wisconsin Department of Health & Family Services v. Blumer
  72. June 28, 2002· cited 158×
    Stewart v. Smith
  73. June 3, 2002· cited 147×
    Franklin v. Maynard, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections
  74. January 16, 2002· cited 92×
    National Cable & Telecommunications Assn., Inc. v. Gulf Power Co.
  75. November 27, 2001· cited 85×
    Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Mineta
  76. October 1, 2001· cited 80×
    Matias v. Herbert
  77. November 13, 2001· cited 62×
    Quoc Thai Minh Thuy v. United States
  78. February 19, 2002· cited 59×
    Owasso Independent School District No. I-011 v. Falvo Ex Rel. Pletan
  79. November 26, 2001· cited 59×
    Andujar v. Vaughn
  80. June 10, 2002· cited 58×
    JPMorgan Chase Bank v. Traffic Stream (BVI) Infrastructure Ltd.
  81. June 28, 2002· cited 54×
    Sprint Communications Co. v. Missouri Director of Revenue
  82. January 22, 2002· cited 49×
    California Federal Bank, FSB v. United States
  83. October 29, 2001· cited 48×
    Galle v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
  84. January 7, 2002· cited 47×
    Washington v. First Data Resources, Inc.
  85. October 1, 2001· cited 47×
    Osuala v. Community College of Philadelphia
  86. October 1, 2001· cited 47×
    Rodriguez-Gutierrez v. United States
  87. June 10, 2002· cited 45×
    Sudarsky v. City of New York
  88. April 1, 2002· cited 44×
    Sao Paulo State of Federative Republic of Brazil v. American Tobacco Co.
  89. November 26, 2001· cited 43×
    Corpus-Hooker v. United States
  90. October 29, 2001· cited 42×
    Kalski v. California Ass'n of Professional Employees
  91. June 3, 2002· cited 39×
    Miranda-Garcia v. United States
  92. January 7, 2002· cited 39×
    Williams v. Manhattan East Suites Hotels
  93. June 10, 2002· cited 38×
    Visa U. S. A. Inc. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  94. April 22, 2002· cited 37×
    McBroom v. Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc.
  95. March 18, 2002· cited 35×
    Coulson v. Cockrell, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
  96. June 28, 2002· cited 34×
    Cloud v. United States
  97. March 4, 2002· cited 32×
    Rocha-Gonzalez v. United States
  98. February 19, 2002· cited 31×
    Adu-Beniako v. Maimonides Medical Center
  99. April 22, 2002· cited 30×
    United States Ex Rel. Gale v. Zenith Data Systems
  100. March 25, 2002· cited 29×
    In Suk Chang v. United States

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