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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 2003

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 2003 (October 1, 2003 to September 30, 2004), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 874 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (874 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 8, 2004· cited 14,756×
    Crawford v. Washington
  2. June 24, 2004· cited 13,994×
    Blakely v. Washington
  3. June 1, 2004· cited 3,494×
    Yarborough v. Alvarado
  4. June 28, 2004· cited 3,215×
    Rumsfeld v. Padilla
  5. June 24, 2004· cited 2,419×
    Schriro v. Summerlin
  6. June 14, 2004· cited 2,402×
    United States v. Dominguez Benitez
  7. March 2, 2004· cited 2,198×
    Baldwin v. Reese
  8. November 12, 2003· cited 1,983×
    Barnhart v. Thomas
  9. June 24, 2004· cited 1,965×
    Tennard v. Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  10. January 26, 2004· cited 1,956×
    Lamie v. United States Trustee
  11. June 24, 2004· cited 1,878×
    Cheney v. United States District Court for District of Columbia
  12. June 21, 2004· cited 1,620×
    Aetna Health Inc. v. Davila
  13. December 15, 2003· cited 1,610×
    Maryland v. Pringle
  14. June 14, 2004· cited 1,545×
    Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
  15. January 14, 2004· cited 1,543×
    Kontrick v. Ryan
  16. June 28, 2004· cited 1,541×
    Missouri v. Seibert
  17. October 20, 2003· cited 1,480×
    Yarborough v. Gentry
  18. June 28, 2004· cited 1,441×
    Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
  19. February 25, 2004· cited 1,435×
    Muhammad v. Close
  20. December 15, 2003· cited 1,352×
    Castro v. United States
  21. May 17, 2004· cited 1,346×
    Grupo Dataflux v. Atlas Global Group, L. P.
  22. February 24, 2004· cited 1,303×
    Groh v. Ramirez
  23. June 14, 2004· cited 1,256×
    Pennsylvania State Police v. Suders
  24. June 29, 2004· cited 1,133×
    Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain
  25. February 24, 2004· cited 1,098×
    Banks v. Dretke
  26. November 3, 2003· cited 1,091×
    Mitchell v. Esparza
  27. June 21, 2004· cited 1,058×
    Pliler v. Ford
  28. May 17, 2004· cited 1,007×
    Tennessee v. Lane
  29. May 3, 2004· cited 958×
    Jones v. R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co.
  30. March 30, 2004· cited 945×
    National Archives & Records Administration v. Favish
  31. June 14, 2004· cited 924×
    Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow
  32. May 24, 2004· cited 909×
    Nelson v. Campbell
  33. June 21, 2004· cited 884×
    Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial Dist. Court of Nev., Humboldt Cty.
  34. June 24, 2004· cited 870×
    Beard v. Banks
  35. March 8, 2004· cited 747×
    Iowa v. Tovar
  36. December 10, 2003· cited 740×
    McConnell v. Federal Election Commission
  37. May 3, 2004· cited 727×
    Dretke v. Haley
  38. June 14, 2004· cited 703×
    Hibbs v. Winn
  39. May 3, 2004· cited 692×
    Scarborough v. Principi
  40. May 24, 2004· cited 660×
    Thornton v. United States
  41. March 8, 2004· cited 624×
    Robertson v. Casual Corner Group, Inc
  42. June 28, 2004· cited 619×
    United States v. Patane
  43. June 28, 2004· cited 606×
    Rasul v. Bush
  44. December 2, 2003· cited 600×
    Raytheon Co. v. Hernandez
  45. June 7, 2004· cited 598×
    Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen
  46. January 14, 2004· cited 564×
    Frew Ex Rel. Frew v. Hawkins
  47. March 31, 2004· cited 561×
    BedRoc Limited, LLC v. United States
  48. January 21, 2004· cited 538×
    Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation v. Environmental Protection Agency
  49. May 17, 2004· cited 466×
    Sabri v. United States
  50. May 3, 2004· cited 459×
    Middleton v. McNeil
  51. June 21, 2004· cited 433×
    Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
  52. June 29, 2004· cited 419×
    Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union
  53. June 7, 2004· cited 416×
    Republic of Austria v. Altmann
  54. February 24, 2004· cited 412×
    General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc. v. Cline
  55. January 13, 2004· cited 412×
    Verizon Communications Inc. v. Law Offices of Curtis v. Trinko, LLP
  56. January 13, 2004· cited 398×
    Illinois v. Lidster
  57. February 24, 2004· cited 396×
    Doe v. Chao
  58. April 28, 2004· cited 394×
    Vieth v. Jubelirer
  59. May 17, 2004· cited 381×
    Till v. SCS Credit Corp.
  60. February 23, 2004· cited 372×
    Illinois v. Fisher
  61. June 28, 2004· cited 350×
    Holland v. Jackson
  62. December 2, 2003· cited 343×
    United States v. Banks
  63. May 17, 2004· cited 300×
    Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation v. Hood
  64. April 28, 2004· cited 236×
    Engine Manufacturers Ass'n v. South Coast Air Quality Management District
  65. February 25, 2004· cited 230×
    Locke v. Davey
  66. April 19, 2004· cited 224×
    United States v. Lara
  67. March 30, 2004· cited 217×
    United States v. Flores-Montano
  68. June 14, 2004· cited 212×
    F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. v. Empagran S. A.
  69. March 8, 2004· cited 186×
    Campfield v. Stickman, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene
  70. June 7, 2004· cited 182×
    City of Littleton v. Z. J. Gifts D-4, L. L. C.
  71. April 21, 2004· cited 178×
    Household Credit Services, Inc. v. Pfennig
  72. June 7, 2004· cited 173×
    Central Laborers' Pension Fund v. Heinz
  73. March 2, 2004· cited 171×
    Raymond B. Yates, MD, PC Profit Sharing Plan v. Hendon
  74. June 28, 2004· cited 155×
    Marquez-Urquidi v. United States
  75. March 23, 2004· cited 136×
    South Florida Water Management District v. Miccosukee Tribe of Indians
  76. January 26, 2004· cited 132×
    Fellers v. United States
  77. February 24, 2004· cited 131×
    Olympic Airways v. Husain
  78. March 24, 2004· cited 121×
    Nixon v. Missouri Municipal League
  79. March 18, 2004· cited 111×
    Cheney v. United States District Court for the District of Columbia
  80. January 13, 2004· cited 108×
    Securities & Exchange Commission v. Edwards
  81. February 25, 2004· cited 102×
    United States Postal Service v. Flamingo Industries (USA) Ltd.
  82. August 2, 2004· cited 98×
    United States v. Fanfan
  83. January 12, 2004· cited 79×
    Roadway Express, Inc. v. Fiske
  84. March 23, 2004· cited 76×
    United States v. Galletti
  85. June 30, 2004· cited 57×
    Cox, Georgia Secretary of State v. Larios
  86. February 23, 2004· cited 57×
    Sweed v. Dretke
  87. April 26, 2004· cited 56×
    Bunting v. Mellen
  88. April 5, 2004· cited 53×
    Siegel v. Arlington County Department of Community Planning Housing and Development
  89. January 20, 2004· cited 51×
    Preobrazhenskaya v. Mercy Hall Infirmary
  90. November 3, 2003· cited 41×
    Mora Zaragoza v. Baca, Sheriff, Los Angeles County, California
  91. January 12, 2004· cited 39×
    Marian v. California
  92. May 17, 2004· cited 33×
    Fuentes Martinez v. California
  93. May 17, 2004· cited 32×
    Krystal Cadillac-Oldsmobile-Gmc Truck, Inc. v. General Motors Corp.
  94. May 3, 2004· cited 31×
    Villegas-Miranda v. United States
  95. February 23, 2004· cited 28×
    Tockes v. Air-Land Transport Service, Inc.
  96. May 3, 2004· cited 27×
    County of Okanogan, Washington v. National Marine Fisheries Service
  97. November 10, 2003· cited 27×
    United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney v. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
  98. February 23, 2004· cited 26×
    Cotton v. Dretke
  99. December 1, 2003· cited 25×
    Schriro, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections v. Summerlin
  100. October 6, 2003· cited 25×
    Esperanza Barragan v. United States

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