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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 2009

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 2009 (October 1, 2009 to September 30, 2010), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 676 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (676 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. June 14, 2010· cited 6,704×
    Astrue v. Ratliff
  2. March 31, 2010· cited 5,017×
    Padilla v. Kentucky
  3. June 14, 2010· cited 3,974×
    Holland v. Florida
  4. May 17, 2010· cited 3,477×
    Graham v. Florida
  5. February 23, 2010· cited 2,766×
    Hertz Corp. v. Friend
  6. February 22, 2010· cited 2,173×
    Wilkins v. Gaddy
  7. June 28, 2010· cited 2,024×
    McDonald v. City of Chicago
  8. June 17, 2010· cited 2,002×
    Dillon v. United States
  9. May 3, 2010· cited 1,940×
    Renico v. Lett
  10. January 21, 2010· cited 1,732×
    Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
  11. June 1, 2010· cited 1,592×
    Berghuis v. Thompkins
  12. January 20, 2010· cited 1,388×
    Wood v. Allen
  13. March 23, 2010· cited 1,364×
    United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Espinosa
  14. April 27, 2010· cited 1,358×
    Stolt-Nielsen S. A. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp.
  15. April 20, 2010· cited 1,327×
    United States v. Stevens
  16. June 24, 2010· cited 1,211×
    Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd.
  17. June 24, 2010· cited 987×
    Skilling v. United States
  18. May 24, 2010· cited 935×
    United States v. Marcus
  19. June 24, 2010· cited 932×
    Magwood v. Patterson
  20. December 8, 2009· cited 931×
    Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Carpenter
  21. June 21, 2010· cited 922×
    Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms
  22. November 30, 2009· cited 915×
    Porter v. McCollum
  23. June 21, 2010· cited 909×
    Rent-A-Center, West, Inc. v. Jackson
  24. June 7, 2010· cited 866×
    KRUPSKI v. COSTA CROCIERE S. P. A
  25. January 20, 2010· cited 858×
    Kucana v. Holder
  26. April 21, 2010· cited 844×
    Perdue v. Kenny A. ex rel. Winn
  27. May 24, 2010· cited 748×
    Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co.
  28. March 2, 2010· cited 744×
    Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick
  29. November 16, 2009· cited 732×
    Wong v. Belmontes
  30. June 21, 2010· cited 703×
    Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project
  31. April 21, 2010· cited 701×
    Jerman v. Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer & Ulrich, L.P.A.
  32. January 11, 2010· cited 701×
    McDaniel v. Brown
  33. February 24, 2010· cited 624×
    Maryland v. Shatzer
  34. March 31, 2010· cited 619×
    Shady Grove Orthopedic Associates, P.A. v. Allstate Insurance Co.
  35. December 8, 2009· cited 599×
    Beard v. Kindler
  36. January 19, 2010· cited 577×
    Presley v. Georgia
  37. June 28, 2010· cited 573×
    Bilski v. Kappos
  38. January 25, 2010· cited 555×
    Hemi Group, LLC v. City of New York
  39. November 9, 2009· cited 514×
    Bobby v. Van Hook
  40. June 14, 2010· cited 506×
    Dolan v. United States
  41. May 17, 2010· cited 506×
    Abbott v. Abbott
  42. June 1, 2010· cited 452×
    Samantar v. Yousuf
  43. June 14, 2010· cited 443×
    Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder
  44. April 27, 2010· cited 433×
    Merck & Co. v. Reynolds
  45. March 30, 2010· cited 421×
    Graham County Soil & Water Conservation District v. United States Ex Rel. Wilson
  46. June 24, 2010· cited 410×
    Doe v. Reed
  47. December 7, 2009· cited 389×
    Michigan v. Fisher
  48. June 7, 2010· cited 365×
    Hamilton v. Lanning
  49. December 8, 2009· cited 364×
    Union Pacific R. Co. v. Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Gen. Comm. of Adjustment, Central Region
  50. March 8, 2010· cited 350×
    Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P. A. v. United States
  51. December 8, 2009· cited 349×
    Alvarez v. Smith
  52. April 21, 2010· cited 329×
    Conkright v. Frommert
  53. May 3, 2010· cited 314×
    Hui v. Castaneda
  54. June 1, 2010· cited 301×
    Alabama v. North Carolina
  55. June 29, 2010· cited 293×
    Sears v. Upton
  56. June 17, 2010· cited 289×
    Schwab v. Reilly
  57. June 1, 2010· cited 274×
    Carr v. United States
  58. June 7, 2010· cited 273×
    Barber v. Thomas
  59. May 17, 2010· cited 259×
    United States v. Comstock
  60. February 23, 2010· cited 253×
    Florida v. Powell
  61. June 28, 2010· cited 247×
    Christian Legal Soc. Chapter of Univ. of Cal., Hastings College of Law v. Martinez
  62. June 17, 2010· cited 233×
    City of Ontario v. Quon
  63. March 8, 2010· cited 223×
    Bloate v. United States
  64. June 1, 2010· cited 212×
    Levin v. Commerce Energy, Inc.
  65. June 17, 2010· cited 204×
    New Process Steel, L. P. v. National Labor Relations Board
  66. April 28, 2010· cited 204×
    Salazar v. Buono
  67. January 12, 2010· cited 199×
    Smith v. Spisak
  68. May 24, 2010· cited 195×
    Jefferson v. Upton
  69. March 30, 2010· cited 194×
    Berghuis v. Smith
  70. February 22, 2010· cited 188×
    Thaler v. Haynes
  71. December 14, 2009· cited 138×
    Indiana State Police Pension Trust v. Chrysler LLC
  72. June 21, 2010· cited 120×
    Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. v. Regal-Beloit Corp.
  73. June 17, 2010· cited 120×
    Stop the Beach Renourishment, Inc. v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection
  74. November 9, 2009· cited 90×
    In re Kalil
  75. March 2, 2010· cited 78×
    Mac's Shell Service, Inc. v. Shell Oil Products Co.
  76. June 24, 2010· cited 62×
    Granite Rock Co. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
  77. March 30, 2010· cited 61×
    Jones v. Harris Associates L. P.
  78. May 24, 2010· cited 46×
    American Needle, Inc. v. National Football League
  79. October 5, 2009· cited 45×
    Smith v. Bank of America Corp.
  80. January 19, 2010· cited 41×
    Wellons v. Hall
  81. January 13, 2010· cited 41×
    NRG Power Marketing, LLC v. Maine Public Utilities Commission
  82. November 2, 2009· cited 39×
    Saffran v. Novastar Mortgage, Inc.
  83. June 28, 2010· cited 38×
    Christian Legal Society Chapter of the University of California v. Martinez
  84. June 28, 2010· cited 31×
    Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Bd.
  85. November 16, 2009· cited 25×
    Glogower v. Clark
  86. October 5, 2009· cited 23×
    Illinois Investment Trust No. 92-7163 v. American Grading Co.
  87. January 25, 2010· cited 21×
    Briscoe v. Virginia
  88. January 20, 2010· cited 20×
    South Carolina v. North Carolina
  89. December 2, 2009· cited 18×
    Johnson v. Bredesen
  90. November 30, 2009· cited 18×
    Price v. United States Trustee
  91. March 7, 2010· cited 17×
    Ames v. Kansas Ex Rel. Johnston
  92. October 5, 2009· cited 16×
    Samadi v. Oliver
  93. October 20, 2009· cited 15×
    Corcoran v. Levenhagen
  94. December 14, 2009· cited 14×
    Oneida Ltd. v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.
  95. November 2, 2009· cited 14×
    Ad Hoc Committee of Kenton County Bondholders v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.
  96. October 5, 2009· cited 14×
    Carlyle Fortran Trust v. NVIDIA Corp.
  97. November 30, 2009· cited 12×
    Hoffman v. United Airlines, Inc.
  98. May 3, 2010· cited 11×
    Sherwood v. Pennsylvania
  99. May 24, 2010· cited 10×
    Robertson v. United States ex rel. Watson
  100. October 5, 2009· cited 10×
    Ritchie v. Vast Resources, Inc.

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