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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 2011

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 2011 (October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 801 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (801 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 25, 2012· cited 6,816×
    Miller v. Alabama
  2. March 20, 2012· cited 4,115×
    Martinez v. Ryan
  3. January 10, 2012· cited 3,668×
    Gonzalez v. Thaler
  4. March 21, 2012· cited 3,280×
    Lafler v. Cooper
  5. June 4, 2012· cited 2,745×
    Reichle v. Howards
  6. March 21, 2012· cited 2,193×
    Missouri v. Frye
  7. January 23, 2012· cited 1,330×
    United States v. Jones
  8. June 11, 2012· cited 1,199×
    Parker v. Matthews
  9. June 25, 2012· cited 1,166×
    Arizona v. United States
  10. October 31, 2011· cited 1,086×
    Cavazos v. Smith
  11. June 28, 2012· cited 1,025×
    National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius
  12. May 29, 2012· cited 1,016×
    Coleman v. Johnson
  13. June 21, 2012· cited 1,010×
    Dorsey v. United States
  14. June 18, 2012· cited 994×
    Williams v. Illinois
  15. June 21, 2012· cited 944×
    Knox v. Service Employees International Union, Local 1000
  16. March 20, 2012· cited 915×
    Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.
  17. February 22, 2012· cited 862×
    Messerschmidt v. Millender
  18. January 11, 2012· cited 846×
    Perry v. New Hampshire
  19. April 2, 2012· cited 808×
    Rehberg v. Paulk
  20. February 21, 2012· cited 785×
    Howes v. Fields
  21. March 20, 2012· cited 732×
    Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland
  22. January 18, 2012· cited 724×
    Maples v. Thomas
  23. April 2, 2012· cited 697×
    Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington
  24. November 8, 2011· cited 690×
    Greene v. Fisher
  25. June 18, 2012· cited 629×
    Christopher v. Smithkline Beecham Corp.
  26. April 17, 2012· cited 597×
    Filarsky v. Delia
  27. May 21, 2012· cited 575×
    Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd.
  28. April 24, 2012· cited 549×
    Wood v. Milyard
  29. May 29, 2012· cited 542×
    Radlax Gateway Hotel, LLC v. Amalgamated Bank
  30. June 28, 2012· cited 536×
    United States v. Alvarez
  31. March 21, 2012· cited 522×
    Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency
  32. January 11, 2012· cited 504×
    Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  33. June 11, 2012· cited 484×
    Elgin v. Department of the Treasury
  34. March 28, 2012· cited 464×
    Setser v. United States
  35. March 28, 2012· cited 461×
    Federal Aviation Administration v. Cooper
  36. January 10, 2012· cited 443×
    Minneci v. Pollard
  37. January 10, 2012· cited 417×
    Smith v. Cain
  38. April 18, 2012· cited 390×
    Mohamad v. Palestinian Authority
  39. December 12, 2011· cited 387×
    Judulang v. Holder
  40. June 18, 2012· cited 371×
    Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. Patchak
  41. January 10, 2012· cited 345×
    Compucredit Corp. v. Greenwood
  42. February 21, 2012· cited 312×
    Marmet Health Care Center, Inc. v. Brown
  43. June 21, 2012· cited 296×
    Southern Union Co. v. United States
  44. March 20, 2012· cited 296×
    Roberts v. Sea-Land Services, Inc.
  45. November 7, 2011· cited 280×
    Bobby v. Dixon
  46. March 26, 2012· cited 264×
    Zivotofsky Ex Rel. Zivotofsky v. Clinton
  47. June 4, 2012· cited 252×
    Armour v. City of Indianapolis
  48. December 12, 2011· cited 237×
    Hardy v. Cross
  49. March 28, 2012· cited 228×
    Vartelas v. Holder
  50. April 17, 2012· cited 209×
    Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. v. Novo Nordisk A/s
  51. January 23, 2012· cited 193×
    Ryburn v. Huff
  52. November 7, 2011· cited 189×
    Kpmg LLP v. Cocchi
  53. February 22, 2012· cited 183×
    Douglas v. Independent Living Center of Southern California, Inc.
  54. March 5, 2012· cited 170×
    Martel v. Clair
  55. May 24, 2012· cited 158×
    Freeman v. Quicken Loans, Inc.
  56. March 26, 2012· cited 151×
    Credit Suisse Securities (Usa) LLC v. Simmonds
  57. May 24, 2012· cited 148×
    Blueford v. Arkansas
  58. February 21, 2012· cited 139×
    Wetzel v. Lambert
  59. February 29, 2012· cited 135×
    Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp.
  60. February 21, 2012· cited 133×
    Kawashima v. Holder
  61. May 14, 2012· cited 126×
    Hall v. United States
  62. April 25, 2012· cited 105×
    United States v. Home Concrete & Supply, LLC
  63. May 21, 2012· cited 103×
    Holder v. Martinez Gutierrez
  64. April 18, 2012· cited 103×
    Kappos v. Hyatt
  65. June 18, 2012· cited 89×
    Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter
  66. February 22, 2012· cited 78×
    Ppl Montana, LLC v. Montana
  67. January 18, 2012· cited 73×
    Golan v. Holder
  68. January 20, 2012· cited 70×
    Perry v. Perez
  69. April 2, 2012· cited 68×
    Titan Maritime, LLC v. Cape Flattery Ltd.
  70. January 18, 2012· cited 56×
    Mims v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC
  71. January 23, 2012· cited 55×
    National Meat Assn. v. Harris
  72. October 11, 2011· cited 55×
    Noble v. United States
  73. January 11, 2012· cited 52×
    Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP v. Valladolid
  74. May 21, 2012· cited 47×
    Astrue v. Capato Ex Rel. B. N. C.
  75. April 23, 2012· cited 46×
    Hatch v. United States
  76. June 4, 2012· cited 38×
    Leavitt v. San Jacinto Unified School District
  77. October 31, 2011· cited 35×
    Utah Highway Patrol Ass'n v. American Atheists, Inc.
  78. June 25, 2012· cited 30×
    American Tradition Partnership, Inc. v. Bullock
  79. February 21, 2012· cited 26×
    Pineda-Moreno v. United States
  80. April 30, 2012· cited 25×
    Commissioner v. Equipment Holding Co.
  81. March 19, 2012· cited 20×
    New York v. Wingate
  82. September 25, 2012· cited 19×
    Tennant v. Jefferson County Commission
  83. June 11, 2012· cited 19×
    Howes v. Walker
  84. November 7, 2011· cited 18×
    Jackson v. Hobbs
  85. April 16, 2012· cited 17×
    National Maritime Safety Ass'n v. Occupational Safety & Health Administration
  86. March 19, 2012· cited 15×
    Erie County v. Cash
  87. May 14, 2012· cited 14×
    Garthus v. United States
  88. January 9, 2012· cited 14×
    Cash v. Maxwell
  89. October 3, 2011· cited 14×
    Murillo-Betancourt v. United States
  90. May 29, 2012· cited 13×
    Bush ex rel. Estate of Bush v. United States
  91. June 11, 2012· cited 12×
    Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans & Trust Funds
  92. February 27, 2012· cited 11×
    Woods v. Illinois
  93. February 21, 2012· cited 11×
    United States v. Nam Van Hoang
  94. February 21, 2012· cited 11×
    Tafoya-Montelongo v. United States
  95. October 3, 2011· cited 11×
    Chinese Daily News, Inc. v. Wang
  96. June 29, 2012· cited 10×
    Maryland v. Derr
  97. June 11, 2012· cited 10×
    SimmsParris v. Supreme Court of New Jersey
  98. May 21, 2012· cited 10×
    Rector v. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia, Inc.
  99. January 9, 2012· cited 10×
    U.S. Vision, Inc. v. Johnson
  100. June 29, 2012· cited 8×
    Foust v. Pennsylvania

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