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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 2012

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 2012 (October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 647 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (647 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. June 17, 2013· cited 5,868×
    Alleyne v. United States
  2. May 28, 2013· cited 3,838×
    McQuiggin v. Perkins
  3. June 24, 2013· cited 3,582×
    University of Tex. Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar
  4. February 26, 2013· cited 3,172×
    Clapper v. Amnesty International USA
  5. June 20, 2013· cited 2,997×
    Descamps v. United States
  6. February 20, 2013· cited 2,420×
    Gunn v. Minton
  7. March 26, 2013· cited 1,615×
    Florida v. Jardines
  8. March 27, 2013· cited 1,534×
    Comcast Corp. v. Behrend
  9. February 27, 2013· cited 1,424×
    Amgen Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds
  10. January 9, 2013· cited 1,353×
    Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc.
  11. April 23, 2013· cited 1,263×
    Moncrieffe v. Holder
  12. May 28, 2013· cited 1,236×
    Trevino v. Thaler
  13. April 16, 2013· cited 1,227×
    Genesis HealthCare Corp. v. Symczyk
  14. February 20, 2013· cited 1,086×
    Johnson v. Williams
  15. June 26, 2013· cited 967×
    Hollingsworth v. Perry
  16. February 20, 2013· cited 962×
    Chaidez v. United States
  17. February 19, 2013· cited 949×
    Chafin v. Chafin
  18. June 24, 2013· cited 946×
    Vance v. Ball State Univ.
  19. May 20, 2013· cited 919×
    Sebelius v. Cloer
  20. February 20, 2013· cited 809×
    Henderson v. United States
  21. June 20, 2013· cited 796×
    American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant
  22. February 19, 2013· cited 782×
    Florida v. Harris
  23. June 10, 2013· cited 771×
    Peugh v. United States
  24. February 26, 2013· cited 758×
    Marx v. General Revenue Corp.
  25. May 20, 2013· cited 676×
    City of Arlington v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n
  26. April 1, 2013· cited 676×
    Marshall v. Rodgers
  27. June 3, 2013· cited 671×
    Maryland v. King
  28. June 26, 2013· cited 647×
    United States v. Windsor
  29. June 10, 2013· cited 605×
    Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter
  30. January 22, 2013· cited 544×
    Sebelius v. Auburn Regional Medical Center
  31. March 19, 2013· cited 509×
    Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. Knowles
  32. April 29, 2013· cited 478×
    McBurney v. Young
  33. May 13, 2013· cited 459×
    Bullock v. BankChampaign, N. A.
  34. April 17, 2013· cited 438×
    Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.
  35. May 20, 2013· cited 398×
    Metrish v. Lancaster
  36. June 3, 2013· cited 394×
    Nevada v. Jackson
  37. June 25, 2013· cited 373×
    Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management Dist.
  38. June 13, 2013· cited 363×
    Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc.
  39. December 4, 2012· cited 337×
    Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States
  40. June 25, 2013· cited 335×
    Shelby County v. Holder
  41. March 20, 2013· cited 334×
    Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center
  42. November 13, 2012· cited 320×
    United States v. Bormes
  43. June 13, 2013· cited 301×
    United States v. Davila
  44. December 10, 2012· cited 299×
    Kloeckner v. Solis
  45. June 17, 2013· cited 295×
    Maracich v. Spears
  46. June 17, 2013· cited 291×
    Salinas v. Texas
  47. April 16, 2013· cited 286×
    U.S. Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen
  48. June 17, 2013· cited 282×
    Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Ariz., Inc.
  49. February 27, 2013· cited 282×
    Gabelli v. Securities & Exchange Commission
  50. March 27, 2013· cited 260×
    Millbrook v. United States
  51. June 24, 2013· cited 252×
    Mut. Pharm. Co. v. Bartlett
  52. February 20, 2013· cited 239×
    Evans v. Michigan
  53. June 17, 2013· cited 237×
    F.T.C. v. Actavis, Inc.
  54. November 26, 2012· cited 214×
    Nitro-Lift Technologies, L. L. C. v. Howard
  55. June 20, 2013· cited 209×
    Agency for Int'l Development v. Alliance for Open Society Int'l, Inc.
  56. November 5, 2012· cited 206×
    Lefemine v. Wideman
  57. May 13, 2013· cited 205×
    Dan's City Used Cars, Inc. v. Pelkey
  58. January 8, 2013· cited 201×
    Ryan v. Valencia Gonzales
  59. June 26, 2013· cited 178×
    Sekhar v. United States
  60. June 3, 2013· cited 172×
    Hillman v. Maretta
  61. June 25, 2013· cited 164×
    Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
  62. March 4, 2013· cited 160×
    Levin v. United States
  63. January 15, 2013· cited 107×
    Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach
  64. June 24, 2013· cited 105×
    United States v. Kebodeaux
  65. February 19, 2013· cited 96×
    Federal Trade Commission v. Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc.
  66. March 20, 2013· cited 92×
    Wos v. E. M. A. Ex Rel. Johnson
  67. June 13, 2013· cited 77×
    Tarrant Regional Water Dist. v. Herrmann
  68. June 24, 2013· cited 67×
    Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. v. Bartlett
  69. June 13, 2013· cited 52×
    American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Los Angeles
  70. October 1, 2012· cited 38×
    Gibert v. United States
  71. October 1, 2012· cited 35×
    Laeke v. Colorado
  72. October 9, 2012· cited 31×
    Scholastic Book Clubs, Inc. v. Connecticut Commissioner of Revenue Services
  73. April 1, 2013· cited 29×
    Arnone v. Ebron
  74. February 25, 2013· cited 25×
    Thai Hong Doan v. United States
  75. January 8, 2013· cited 25×
    Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
  76. October 1, 2012· cited 25×
    Washington v. City of Los Angeles
  77. October 1, 2012· cited 21×
    Kearse v. Thaler
  78. May 13, 2013· cited 19×
    Bowman v. Monsanto Co.
  79. October 1, 2012· cited 19×
    Durham v. Varano
  80. March 4, 2013· cited 18×
    Abpikar v. United States District Court for the Central District of California
  81. January 14, 2013· cited 18×
    W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. v. C. R. Bard, Inc.
  82. January 22, 2013· cited 17×
    City of New York v. Southerland
  83. June 27, 2013· cited 16×
    Tex. v. United States
  84. June 24, 2013· cited 16×
    Ryan v. Schad
  85. January 7, 2013· cited 16×
    Andersen v. Rochester City School District
  86. March 18, 2013· cited 15×
    Wasson v. United States
  87. October 1, 2012· cited 15×
    Roman v. Wenerowicz
  88. June 27, 2013· cited 14×
    Grounds v. Sessoms
  89. April 22, 2013· cited 14×
    Bunch v. Bobby
  90. January 4, 2013· cited 14×
    Delia v. E. M. A. ex rel. Johnson
  91. October 1, 2012· cited 14×
    Murray v. Thaler
  92. October 1, 2012· cited 14×
    Ketterer v. Yellow Transportation, Inc.
  93. October 1, 2012· cited 14×
    Ruiz v. Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
  94. June 24, 2013· cited 13×
    Upsher-Smith Labs., Inc. v. La. Wholesale Drug Co.
  95. May 20, 2013· cited 13×
    PPL Corp. v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue
  96. January 11, 2013· cited 13×
    Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc.
  97. December 11, 2012· cited 13×
    Adams v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  98. June 24, 2013· cited 12×
    Shavers v. United States
  99. April 29, 2013· cited 12×
    Jonathan Edward Boyer v. Louisiana
  100. April 1, 2013· cited 12×
    Whirlpool Corp. v. Glazer

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