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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 2004

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 2004 (October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2005), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 1,120 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (1,120 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. October 1, 2004· cited 23,210×
    United States v. Booker
  2. March 30, 2005· cited 4,974×
    Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp.
  3. March 7, 2005· cited 4,574×
    Shepard v. United States
  4. April 27, 2005· cited 4,510×
    Pace v. DiGuglielmo
  5. March 30, 2005· cited 3,877×
    Rhines v. Weber
  6. March 1, 2005· cited 3,523×
    Roper v. Simmons
  7. June 23, 2005· cited 3,107×
    Gonzalez v. Crosby
  8. March 7, 2005· cited 2,909×
    Wilkinson v. Dotson
  9. December 13, 2004· cited 2,748×
    Brosseau v. Haugen
  10. June 23, 2005· cited 2,717×
    Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Services, Inc.
  11. June 13, 2005· cited 2,479×
    Wilkinson v. Austin
  12. April 19, 2005· cited 2,236×
    Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Broudo
  13. January 24, 2005· cited 2,007×
    Illinois v. Caballes
  14. June 23, 2005· cited 1,942×
    Mayle v. Felix
  15. June 13, 2005· cited 1,931×
    Miller-El v. Dretke
  16. June 13, 2005· cited 1,930×
    Grable & Sons Metal Products, Inc. v. Darue Engineering & Manufacturing
  17. June 20, 2005· cited 1,891×
    Rompilla v. Beard
  18. December 13, 2004· cited 1,825×
    Devenpeck v. Alford
  19. June 27, 2005· cited 1,506×
    National Cable & Telecommunications Assn. v. Brand X Internet Services
  20. May 31, 2005· cited 1,462×
    Cutter v. Wilkinson
  21. November 9, 2004· cited 1,254×
    Leocal v. Ashcroft
  22. May 23, 2005· cited 1,235×
    Lingle v. Chevron U. S. A. Inc.
  23. June 27, 2005· cited 1,153×
    Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales
  24. June 6, 2005· cited 1,051×
    Gonzales v. Raich
  25. May 23, 2005· cited 1,034×
    Deck v. Missouri
  26. June 13, 2005· cited 1,022×
    Johnson v. California
  27. March 22, 2005· cited 973×
    Brown v. Payton
  28. December 13, 2004· cited 963×
    Florida v. Nixon
  29. March 22, 2005· cited 937×
    Muehler v. Mena
  30. January 12, 2005· cited 824×
    Clark v. Martinez
  31. March 29, 2005· cited 708×
    Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education
  32. December 13, 2004· cited 675×
    Kowalski v. Tesmer
  33. June 23, 2005· cited 591×
    Kelo v. City of New London
  34. January 12, 2005· cited 589×
    Jama v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  35. June 20, 2005· cited 587×
    Dodd v. United States
  36. March 30, 2005· cited 580×
    Smith v. City of Jackson
  37. April 27, 2005· cited 550×
    Bates v. Dow Agrosciences LLC
  38. June 13, 2005· cited 540×
    Bradshaw v. Stumpf
  39. June 27, 2005· cited 539×
    Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.
  40. November 9, 2004· cited 539×
    Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. James N. Kirby, Pty Ltd.
  41. June 27, 2005· cited 509×
    McCreary County v. American Civil Liberties Union of Ky.
  42. June 23, 2005· cited 472×
    Halbert v. Michigan
  43. March 22, 2005· cited 452×
    City of Rancho Palos Verdes v. Abrams
  44. December 6, 2004· cited 450×
    City of San Diego v. Roe
  45. December 13, 2004· cited 398×
    Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Aviall Services, Inc.
  46. June 20, 2005· cited 376×
    San Remo Hotel, L. P. v. City & County of San Francisco
  47. June 27, 2005· cited 343×
    Van Orden v. Perry
  48. May 16, 2005· cited 323×
    Granholm v. Heald
  49. May 31, 2005· cited 322×
    Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States
  50. April 26, 2005· cited 291×
    Pasquantino v. United States
  51. December 8, 2004· cited 281×
    KP Permanent Make-Up, Inc. v. Lasting Impression I, Inc.
  52. May 23, 2005· cited 268×
    Johanns v. Livestock Marketing Assn.
  53. March 2, 2005· cited 261×
    Tenet v. Doe
  54. February 22, 2005· cited 249×
    Smith v. Massachusetts
  55. November 30, 2004· cited 243×
    Koons Buick Pontiac GMC, Inc. v. Nigh
  56. May 23, 2005· cited 242×
    Clingman v. Beaver
  57. January 11, 2005· cited 237×
    Whitfield v. United States
  58. March 29, 2005· cited 236×
    City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation of NY
  59. February 22, 2005· cited 221×
    Stewart v. Dutra Construction Co.
  60. April 4, 2005· cited 197×
    Rousey v. Jacoway
  61. April 26, 2005· cited 191×
    Small v. United States
  62. January 24, 2005· cited 166×
    Commissioner v. Banks
  63. January 24, 2005· cited 140×
    Jiles v. United States
  64. March 1, 2005· cited 133×
    Cherokee Nation of Okla. v. Leavitt
  65. June 6, 2005· cited 124×
    Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd.
  66. June 20, 2005· cited 121×
    American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. Michigan Public Service Commission
  67. May 16, 2005· cited 119×
    Clay v. Roper, Superintendent, Potosi Correctional Center
  68. June 23, 2005· cited 102×
    Orff v. United States
  69. June 13, 2005· cited 93×
    Merck KGaA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd.
  70. March 7, 2005· cited 67×
    Ballard v. Commissioner
  71. June 27, 2005· cited 63×
    Bell v. Thompson
  72. June 20, 2005· cited 61×
    Gerber v. Agyeman
  73. March 7, 2005· cited 52×
    Hammond v. Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts
  74. December 13, 2004· cited 51×
    Maddox, Warden v. Taylor
  75. December 6, 2004· cited 51×
    Scott v. Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
  76. May 31, 2005· cited 49×
    Tory v. Cochran
  77. April 4, 2005· cited 46×
    Kempton, Director, California Department of Transportation v. Maldonado
  78. January 24, 2005· cited 46×
    Howell v. Mississippi
  79. January 10, 2005· cited 46×
    Simmons v. Kmart Corp.
  80. October 4, 2004· cited 46×
    Hilvety v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
  81. April 18, 2005· cited 45×
    Limagrain Genetics Corp. v. Midwest Oilseeds, Inc
  82. October 4, 2004· cited 44×
    Kalama Services, Inc. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor
  83. October 4, 2004· cited 41×
    Toccaline v. Lantz, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Correction
  84. May 31, 2005· cited 39×
    Hackett v. Folino, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution at Greene
  85. October 4, 2004· cited 37×
    Toccaline v. Lantz
  86. May 23, 2005· cited 35×
    Rowe v. Robert Half International, Inc.
  87. January 24, 2005· cited 35×
    Hammoud, AKA Albousaleh, AKA Abousaleh v. United States
  88. February 22, 2005· cited 34×
    Inversiones Errazuriz Limitada, Fka Inversiones Errazuriz S. A. v. State Street Bank & Trust Co
  89. February 22, 2005· cited 34×
    Raithatha v. United States
  90. April 4, 2005· cited 32×
    Blaisdell v. City of Rochester, New Hampshire
  91. March 28, 2005· cited 32×
    Braveheart v. United States
  92. January 10, 2005· cited 32×
    Grajeda-Ramirez v. United States
  93. November 29, 2004· cited 32×
    Patterson v. Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  94. October 4, 2004· cited 31×
    George E. Warren Corp. v. United States
  95. May 23, 2005· cited 30×
    Wenying Zhou v. Sun Microsystems, Inc
  96. November 1, 2004· cited 30×
    Snake River Valley Electric Ass'n v. PacifiCorp
  97. January 18, 2005· cited 29×
    Worley v. United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  98. October 4, 2004· cited 28×
    Windham v. Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  99. September 8, 2005· cited 27×
    Corzine v. 2005 Defense Base Closure & Realignment Commission
  100. January 10, 2005· cited 27×
    California Public Employees' Retirement System v. Ebbers

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