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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 2006

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 2006 (October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 315 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (315 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. May 21, 2007· cited 146,720×
    Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
  2. June 4, 2007· cited 34,635×
    Erickson v. Pardus
  3. April 30, 2007· cited 13,305×
    Scott v. Harris
  4. January 22, 2007· cited 10,443×
    Jones v. Bock
  5. June 21, 2007· cited 7,739×
    Rita v. United States
  6. June 21, 2007· cited 6,044×
    Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd.
  7. February 21, 2007· cited 4,908×
    Wallace v. Kato
  8. June 14, 2007· cited 3,839×
    Bowles v. Russell
  9. May 14, 2007· cited 3,241×
    Schriro v. Landrigan
  10. March 5, 2007· cited 1,961×
    Sinochem International Co. v. Malaysia International Shipping Corp.
  11. April 17, 2007· cited 1,890×
    Watters v. Wachovia Bank, N. A.
  12. January 9, 2007· cited 1,786×
    MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc.
  13. February 20, 2007· cited 1,693×
    Lawrence v. Florida
  14. June 18, 2007· cited 1,523×
    Brendlin v. California
  15. January 9, 2007· cited 1,506×
    Burton v. Stewart
  16. January 22, 2007· cited 1,474×
    Cunningham v. California
  17. June 28, 2007· cited 1,422×
    Panetti v. Quarterman
  18. April 30, 2007· cited 1,310×
    KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc.
  19. December 11, 2006· cited 1,245×
    Carey v. Musladin
  20. April 2, 2007· cited 1,227×
    Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency
  21. June 4, 2007· cited 1,225×
    Safeco Insurance Co. of America v. Burr
  22. April 18, 2007· cited 1,145×
    James v. United States
  23. January 17, 2007· cited 1,029×
    Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez
  24. June 11, 2007· cited 1,028×
    Fry v. Pliler
  25. June 25, 2007· cited 939×
    National Ass'n of Home Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife
  26. February 21, 2007· cited 843×
    Marrama v. Citizens Bank of Mass.
  27. February 28, 2007· cited 725×
    Whorton v. Bockting
  28. June 25, 2007· cited 682×
    Wilkie v. Robbins
  29. June 25, 2007· cited 666×
    Federal Election Commission v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc.
  30. March 27, 2007· cited 664×
    Rockwell International Corp. v. United States
  31. March 20, 2007· cited 629×
    Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. of America v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
  32. May 21, 2007· cited 601×
    Winkelman Ex Rel. Winkelman v. Parma City School District
  33. June 4, 2007· cited 596×
    Uttecht v. Brown
  34. December 5, 2006· cited 587×
    Lopez v. Gonzales
  35. June 11, 2007· cited 584×
    Watson v. Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
  36. January 22, 2007· cited 582×
    Osborn v. Haley
  37. October 20, 2006· cited 544×
    Purcell v. Gonzalez
  38. May 29, 2007· cited 539×
    Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Inc.
  39. April 18, 2007· cited 529×
    Gonzales v. Carhart
  40. June 25, 2007· cited 488×
    Morse v. Frederick
  41. June 25, 2007· cited 469×
    Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc.
  42. June 28, 2007· cited 463×
    Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1
  43. June 28, 2007· cited 452×
    Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc.
  44. March 5, 2007· cited 449×
    Lance v. Coffman
  45. June 18, 2007· cited 390×
    Powerex Corp. v. Reliant Energy Services, Inc.
  46. June 11, 2007· cited 339×
    Long Island Care at Home, Ltd. v. Coke
  47. April 25, 2007· cited 332×
    Abdul-Kabir v. Quarterman
  48. April 30, 2007· cited 324×
    United Haulers Ass'n v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority
  49. February 20, 2007· cited 322×
    Philip Morris USA v. Williams
  50. June 11, 2007· cited 319×
    United States v. Atlantic Research Corp.
  51. February 20, 2007· cited 307×
    Leger v. Louisiana
  52. January 9, 2007· cited 302×
    United States v. Resendiz-Ponce
  53. November 13, 2006· cited 244×
    Ayers v. Belmontes
  54. May 21, 2007· cited 227×
    Los Angeles County, California v. Rettele
  55. April 30, 2007· cited 214×
    Microsoft Corp. v. At&t Corp.
  56. June 4, 2007· cited 211×
    Sole v. Wyner
  57. April 2, 2007· cited 190×
    Environmental Defense v. Duke Energy Corporation
  58. December 11, 2006· cited 179×
    BP America Production Co. Ex Rel. Amoco Production Co. v. Burton
  59. January 10, 2007· cited 174×
    Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Sorrell
  60. May 21, 2007· cited 165×
    Hinck v. United States
  61. June 14, 2007· cited 141×
    Davenport v. Washington Education Ass'n
  62. April 17, 2007· cited 139×
    Zuni Public School District No. 89 v. Department of Education
  63. April 30, 2007· cited 127×
    EC Term of Years Trust v. United States
  64. February 20, 2007· cited 116×
    Brunetti v. Connecticut
  65. June 14, 2007· cited 115×
    Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations v. City of New York
  66. March 5, 2007· cited 108×
    Fagan v. Connecticut
  67. April 17, 2007· cited 106×
    Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. v. Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc.
  68. April 25, 2007· cited 105×
    Brewer v. Quarterman
  69. November 27, 2006· cited 98×
    Moore-El v. Luebbers
  70. February 20, 2007· cited 91×
    Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Ross-Simmons Hardwood Lumber Co.
  71. November 27, 2006· cited 86×
    Weary v. Louisiana
  72. June 11, 2007· cited 76×
    Beck v. Pace International Union
  73. June 29, 2007· cited 74×
    University of Notre Dame v. Laskowski
  74. April 2, 2007· cited 74×
    GEORGE J. v. Connecticut
  75. January 16, 2007· cited 65×
    Mitchell v. Pennsylvania
  76. June 21, 2007· cited 64×
    Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Ass'n v. Brentwood Academy
  77. May 14, 2007· cited 57×
    Blackwell v. North Carolina
  78. June 18, 2007· cited 54×
    Acierno v. Barnhart
  79. June 29, 2007· cited 50×
    Montes-Pineda v. United States
  80. March 5, 2007· cited 45×
    Harper v. Poway Unified School District
  81. June 18, 2007· cited 43×
    Lanco, Inc. v. Director, Division of Taxation
  82. June 4, 2007· cited 42×
    Claiborne v. United States
  83. January 22, 2007· cited 41×
    Agofsky v. United States
  84. February 20, 2007· cited 40×
    Gomez v. Tennessee
  85. December 4, 2006· cited 40×
    Bucklew v. Luebbers
  86. February 20, 2007· cited 38×
    Garcia v. Texas
  87. June 4, 2007· cited 37×
    Pafford v. Leavitt
  88. May 8, 2007· cited 37×
    Workman v. Bredesen
  89. June 18, 2007· cited 36×
    Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC v. Billing
  90. March 5, 2007· cited 36×
    Prentice v. Dalco Electric, Inc.
  91. June 18, 2007· cited 35×
    Weber v. Washington
  92. November 27, 2006· cited 35×
    Kniatt v. Texas
  93. April 23, 2007· cited 34×
    Washington State Department of Health v. Ongom
  94. March 27, 2007· cited 34×
    Limtiaco v. Camacho
  95. January 8, 2007· cited 34×
    Cochran v. Indiana
  96. October 2, 2006· cited 33×
    Lowgren v. Nicholson
  97. April 16, 2007· cited 32×
    Thomas v. Washington
  98. November 6, 2006· cited 32×
    Industrial Bank, N.A. v. City Bank
  99. May 21, 2007· cited 30×
    Office of Senator Mark Dayton v. Hanson
  100. December 11, 2006· cited 30×
    Cannon-Stokes v. Potter

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