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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 2008

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 2008 (October 1, 2008 to September 30, 2009), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 154 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (154 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. May 18, 2009· cited 149,772×
    Ashcroft v. Iqbal
  2. January 21, 2009· cited 13,928×
    Pearson v. Callahan
  3. November 12, 2008· cited 11,986×
    Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
  4. March 25, 2009· cited 5,608×
    Puckett v. United States
  5. April 22, 2009· cited 3,500×
    Nken v. Holder
  6. April 21, 2009· cited 2,961×
    Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs v. Sanders
  7. March 24, 2009· cited 2,888×
    Knowles v. Mirzayance
  8. June 25, 2009· cited 2,882×
    Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
  9. June 18, 2009· cited 2,790×
    Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc.
  10. April 21, 2009· cited 2,725×
    Arizona v. Gant
  11. March 9, 2009· cited 2,505×
    Bartlett v. Strickland
  12. March 3, 2009· cited 2,335×
    Summers v. Earth Island Institute
  13. June 29, 2009· cited 1,988×
    Ricci v. DeStefano
  14. January 26, 2009· cited 1,709×
    Arizona v. Johnson
  15. January 14, 2009· cited 1,549×
    Herring v. United States
  16. April 28, 2009· cited 1,340×
    Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc.
  17. May 4, 2009· cited 1,311×
    Carlsbad Technology, Inc. v. HIF Bio, Inc.
  18. March 4, 2009· cited 1,294×
    Wyeth v. Levine
  19. June 8, 2009· cited 1,119×
    Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal Co., Inc.
  20. March 9, 2009· cited 1,112×
    Vaden v. Discover Bank
  21. April 28, 2009· cited 1,055×
    Cone v. Bell
  22. May 4, 2009· cited 968×
    Arthur Andersen LLP v. Carlisle
  23. April 6, 2009· cited 913×
    Corley v. United States
  24. January 13, 2009· cited 910×
    Jimenez v. Quarterman
  25. January 26, 2009· cited 855×
    Van de Kamp v. Goldstein
  26. June 8, 2009· cited 823×
    Boyle v. United States
  27. June 18, 2009· cited 782×
    District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District v. Osborne
  28. January 26, 2009· cited 768×
    Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson Cty.
  29. February 25, 2009· cited 739×
    Pleasant Grove City v. Summum
  30. June 15, 2009· cited 738×
    Nijhawan v. Holder
  31. January 14, 2009· cited 683×
    Oregon v. Ice
  32. May 26, 2009· cited 668×
    Montejo v. Louisiana
  33. December 15, 2008· cited 665×
    Altria Group, Inc. v. Good
  34. January 13, 2009· cited 627×
    Chambers v. United States
  35. June 25, 2009· cited 617×
    Horne v. Flores
  36. June 18, 2009· cited 579×
    Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Bailey
  37. May 4, 2009· cited 579×
    Flores-Figueroa v. United States
  38. March 9, 2009· cited 559×
    Vermont v. Brillon
  39. April 1, 2009· cited 531×
    Harbison v. Bell
  40. January 21, 2009· cited 508×
    Spears v. United States
  41. January 21, 2009· cited 493×
    Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee
  42. April 6, 2009· cited 450×
    United States v. Navajo Nation
  43. April 1, 2009· cited 434×
    14 Penn Plaza LLC v. Pyett
  44. December 2, 2008· cited 390×
    Hedgpeth v. Pulido
  45. June 22, 2009· cited 381×
    Forest Grove School District v. T. A.
  46. March 31, 2009· cited 377×
    Rivera v. Illinois
  47. June 25, 2009· cited 365×
    Safford Unified School District 1 v. Redding
  48. June 8, 2009· cited 365×
    United States v. Denedo
  49. June 18, 2009· cited 347×
    Yeager v. United States
  50. February 25, 2009· cited 340×
    Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. Linkline Communications, Inc.
  51. May 4, 2009· cited 335×
    Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States
  52. February 24, 2009· cited 326×
    Carcieri v. Salazar
  53. March 3, 2009· cited 322×
    Negusie v. Holder
  54. February 24, 2009· cited 322×
    United States v. Hayes
  55. January 21, 2009· cited 321×
    Waddington v. Sarausad
  56. June 8, 2009· cited 298×
    United States ex rel. Eisenstein v. City of New York
  57. January 26, 2009· cited 279×
    Kennedy v. Plan Administrator for DuPont Savings & Investment Plan
  58. May 26, 2009· cited 257×
    Haywood v. Drown
  59. June 22, 2009· cited 241×
    Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder
  60. June 25, 2009· cited 231×
    Atlantic Sounding Co. v. Townsend
  61. June 1, 2009· cited 222×
    Bobby v. Bies
  62. January 26, 2009· cited 194×
    Nelson v. United States
  63. April 1, 2009· cited 182×
    Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper, Inc.
  64. April 29, 2009· cited 179×
    Kansas v. Ventris
  65. February 24, 2009· cited 177×
    Ysursa v. Pocatello Education Ass'n
  66. June 29, 2009· cited 169×
    Cuomo v. Clearing House Ass'n, LLC
  67. January 26, 2009· cited 139×
    United States v. Eurodif S. A.
  68. June 8, 2009· cited 130×
    Republic of Iraq v. Beaty
  69. June 22, 2009· cited 109×
    Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council
  70. June 15, 2009· cited 101×
    Polar Tankers, Inc. v. City of Valdez, Alaska
  71. October 17, 2008· cited 88×
    Brunner v. Ohio Republican Party
  72. June 1, 2009· cited 87×
    CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Hensley
  73. May 26, 2009· cited 84×
    Abuelhawa v. United States
  74. March 31, 2009· cited 69×
    Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian Affairs
  75. January 12, 2009· cited 57×
    Schafler v. Spear
  76. April 21, 2009· cited 49×
    Ministry of Defense and Support for Armed Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran v. Elahi
  77. June 8, 2009· cited 36×
    Pequeno v. Schmidt
  78. May 18, 2009· cited 32×
    AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen
  79. March 23, 2009· cited 30×
    Frederickson v. Coop
  80. June 22, 2009· cited 29×
    Mullica West, Ltd. v. United States
  81. April 6, 2009· cited 28×
    Kay v. Johnson
  82. March 23, 2009· cited 26×
    Mashburn v. Scrivner
  83. February 23, 2009· cited 25×
    Spence v. Educational Credit Management Corp.
  84. June 29, 2009· cited 24×
    Illig v. United States
  85. November 14, 2008· cited 23×
    Bordier et Cie v. LaSala
  86. October 6, 2008· cited 22×
    N.C.P. Marketing Group, Inc. v. BG Star Productions, Inc.
  87. January 12, 2009· cited 20×
    Ivaldy v. Loral Space & Communications Ltd.
  88. April 20, 2009· cited 19×
    Ernst v. Bankruptcy Services, Inc.
  89. January 21, 2009· cited 19×
    Locke v. Karass
  90. April 20, 2009· cited 18×
    American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection & Indemnity Ass'n v. Asbestosis
  91. May 4, 2009· cited 17×
    Winget v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  92. April 20, 2009· cited 17×
    Gwynn v. Walker
  93. January 12, 2009· cited 17×
    Mansfield v. Peake
  94. December 1, 2008· cited 17×
    Villaje Del Rio, Ltd. v. Colina Del Rio, LP
  95. June 29, 2009· cited 16×
    Zurich American Insurance v. Lexington Coal Co.
  96. June 8, 2009· cited 14×
    Gregory v. United States Bankruptcy Administrator
  97. May 4, 2009· cited 14×
    FCC v. CBS Corp.
  98. June 1, 2009· cited 13×
    Koehl v. Mirza
  99. December 1, 2008· cited 13×
    Chiplease, Inc. v. Steinberg
  100. June 29, 2009· cited 12×
    Brookshire Bros. Holding, Inc. v. Day-Co Productions, Inc.

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