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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 2007

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 2007 (October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2008), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 191 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (191 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. December 10, 2007· cited 20,598×
    Gall v. United States
  2. December 10, 2007· cited 3,379×
    Kimbrough v. United States
  3. June 26, 2008· cited 3,086×
    District of Columbia v. Heller
  4. June 12, 2008· cited 2,529×
    Taylor v. Sturgell
  5. June 19, 2008· cited 1,751×
    Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Glenn
  6. May 19, 2008· cited 1,677×
    United States v. Williams
  7. March 25, 2008· cited 1,661×
    Hall Street Associates, L. L. C. v. Mattel, Inc.
  8. June 9, 2008· cited 1,599×
    Engquist v. Oregon Department of Agriculture
  9. April 16, 2008· cited 1,437×
    Begay v. United States
  10. June 25, 2008· cited 1,413×
    Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker
  11. March 18, 2008· cited 1,365×
    Washington State Grange v. Washington State Republican Party
  12. June 12, 2008· cited 1,360×
    Munaf v. Geren
  13. March 19, 2008· cited 1,296×
    Snyder v. Louisiana
  14. June 26, 2008· cited 1,183×
    Davis v. Federal Election Commission
  15. June 19, 2008· cited 1,118×
    Indiana v. Edwards
  16. April 16, 2008· cited 1,040×
    Baze v. Rees
  17. June 23, 2008· cited 1,032×
    Greenlaw v. United States
  18. June 12, 2008· cited 1,000×
    Boumediene v. Bush
  19. January 15, 2008· cited 943×
    Stoneridge Investment Partners, LLC v. Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
  20. June 2, 2008· cited 812×
    United States v. Santos
  21. May 27, 2008· cited 807×
    CBOCS West, Inc. v. Humphries
  22. June 9, 2008· cited 806×
    Bridge v. Phoenix Bond & Indemnity Co.
  23. April 23, 2008· cited 793×
    Virginia v. Moore
  24. February 20, 2008· cited 735×
    Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc.
  25. June 23, 2008· cited 726×
    Sprint Communications Co. v. APCC Services, Inc.
  26. June 25, 2008· cited 725×
    Giles v. California
  27. February 27, 2008· cited 716×
    Federal Express Corp. v. Holowecki
  28. January 7, 2008· cited 712×
    Wright v. Van Patten
  29. January 22, 2008· cited 685×
    Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prisons
  30. June 12, 2008· cited 653×
    Irizarry v. United States
  31. January 8, 2008· cited 624×
    John R. Sand & Gravel Co. v. United States
  32. June 25, 2008· cited 620×
    Kennedy v. Louisiana
  33. February 26, 2008· cited 584×
    Sprint/United Management Co. v. Mendelsohn
  34. April 28, 2008· cited 564×
    Crawford v. Marion County Election Board
  35. March 25, 2008· cited 548×
    Medellin v. Texas
  36. February 20, 2008· cited 504×
    Preston v. Ferrer
  37. June 23, 2008· cited 442×
    Rothgery v. Gillespie County
  38. February 20, 2008· cited 416×
    Danforth v. Minnesota
  39. April 15, 2008· cited 405×
    United States v. Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Co.
  40. January 7, 2008· cited 372×
    Summage v. United States
  41. February 20, 2008· cited 371×
    LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Associates, Inc.
  42. May 19, 2008· cited 349×
    Department of Revenue of Kentucky v. Davis
  43. February 20, 2008· cited 348×
    Rowe v. New Hampshire Motor Transport Ass'n
  44. June 9, 2008· cited 340×
    Allison Engine Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Sanders
  45. June 16, 2008· cited 332×
    Dada v. Mukasey
  46. May 27, 2008· cited 274×
    Gomez-Perez v. Potter
  47. June 16, 2008· cited 272×
    Florida Department of Revenue v. Piccadilly Cafeterias, Inc.
  48. June 2, 2008· cited 271×
    Richlin Security Service Co. v. Chertoff
  49. April 16, 2008· cited 267×
    Burgess v. United States
  50. June 12, 2008· cited 247×
    Republic of Philippines v. Pimentel
  51. June 25, 2008· cited 231×
    Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle Co.
  52. November 5, 2007· cited 228×
    Draughn v. Louisiana
  53. May 19, 2008· cited 215×
    United States v. Rodriquez
  54. November 5, 2007· cited 215×
    Allen v. Siebert
  55. December 10, 2007· cited 209×
    Watson v. United States
  56. June 19, 2008· cited 194×
    Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
  57. June 26, 2008· cited 176×
    Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. v. Public Util. Dist. No. 1 of Snohomish Cty.
  58. December 4, 2007· cited 164×
    Logan v. United States
  59. June 2, 2008· cited 159×
    Cuellar v. United States
  60. June 19, 2008· cited 128×
    Chamber of Commerce of United States v. Brown
  61. October 1, 2007· cited 124×
    Roberts v. Texas
  62. January 16, 2008· cited 121×
    New York State Bd. of Elections v. López Torres
  63. June 9, 2008· cited 111×
    Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc.
  64. May 27, 2008· cited 102×
    Riley v. Kennedy
  65. February 19, 2008· cited 92×
    Suggs v. Stanley
  66. March 17, 2008· cited 91×
    Michael v. CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES
  67. April 15, 2008· cited 88×
    MeadWestvaco Corp. v. Illinois Department of Revenue
  68. March 3, 2008· cited 88×
    Boulware v. United States
  69. October 1, 2007· cited 77×
    McKenzie-Adams v. Connecticut
  70. May 12, 2008· cited 72×
    Murray v. EDWARDS CTY. SHERIFF'S DEPT.
  71. June 19, 2008· cited 70×
    Kentucky Retirement Systems v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  72. November 13, 2007· cited 68×
    Druery v. Texas
  73. November 26, 2007· cited 65×
    Welshans v. Aetna Life Insurance Company
  74. December 4, 2007· cited 59×
    CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Georgia State Board of Equalization
  75. January 16, 2008· cited 53×
    Knight v. Commissioner
  76. October 1, 2007· cited 52×
    Osborne v. HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY
  77. October 1, 2007· cited 50×
    Markovich v. Leavitt
  78. November 26, 2007· cited 45×
    Pavlov v. Ingles Markets, Inc.
  79. April 14, 2008· cited 44×
    Fields v. Ayers
  80. January 7, 2008· cited 41×
    McFarling v. Monsanto Co.
  81. May 12, 2008· cited 39×
    Am. Isuzu Motors, Inc. v. Ntsebeza
  82. October 29, 2007· cited 35×
    Louisiana v. Langley
  83. March 3, 2008· cited 34×
    Warner-Lambert Co. v. Kent
  84. January 7, 2008· cited 34×
    Reger v. Texas
  85. February 19, 2008· cited 33×
    Brown v. McKithen
  86. January 22, 2008· cited 33×
    United States Ex Rel. Bly-Magee v. Premo
  87. January 14, 2008· cited 32×
    Parra v. Astrue
  88. January 7, 2008· cited 32×
    Eura v. United States
  89. January 7, 2008· cited 30×
    Crowell v. United States
  90. November 13, 2007· cited 30×
    Van Hook v. Hudson
  91. May 19, 2008· cited 29×
    Schwab v. Florida
  92. October 9, 2007· cited 28×
    Coloian v. United States
  93. December 3, 2007· cited 27×
    Vasquez v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CA
  94. October 1, 2007· cited 27×
    Rweyemamu v. Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities
  95. March 31, 2008· cited 25×
    Andrus v. United States
  96. October 1, 2007· cited 25×
    Stenner v. Connecticut
  97. October 1, 2007· cited 23×
    Evans v. Maryland
  98. January 7, 2008· cited 21×
    Holland v. Washington Homes, Inc.
  99. January 7, 2008· cited 21×
    Arave v. Hoffman
  100. October 1, 2007· cited 21×
    Perez v. Oakland County, Michigan

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