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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 2014

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 2014 (October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2015), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 534 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (534 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 26, 2015· cited 5,137×
    Johnson v. United States
  2. June 22, 2015· cited 4,087×
    Kingsley v. Hendrickson
  3. April 21, 2015· cited 2,086×
    Rodriguez v. United States
  4. June 18, 2015· cited 1,319×
    Reed v. Town of Gilbert
  5. May 18, 2015· cited 1,183×
    Coleman v. Tollefson
  6. May 18, 2015· cited 1,017×
    City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan
  7. March 30, 2015· cited 987×
    Woods v. Donald
  8. June 26, 2015· cited 955×
    Obergefell v. Hodges
  9. June 1, 2015· cited 937×
    Taylor v. Barkes
  10. June 25, 2015· cited 932×
    King v. Burwell
  11. June 29, 2015· cited 858×
    Glossip v. Gross
  12. June 18, 2015· cited 836×
    Davis v. Ayala
  13. December 15, 2014· cited 709×
    Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Co. v. Owens
  14. January 20, 2015· cited 634×
    Teva Pharm. United States, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc.
  15. December 15, 2014· cited 619×
    Heien v. North Carolina
  16. June 1, 2015· cited 553×
    Elonis v. United States
  17. May 26, 2015· cited 547×
    Wellness Int'l Network, Ltd. v. Sharif
  18. March 31, 2015· cited 544×
    Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc.
  19. June 18, 2015· cited 539×
    Ohio v. Clark
  20. March 24, 2015· cited 523×
    Omnicare, Inc. v. Laborers Dist. Council Constr. Industry Pension Fund
  21. May 4, 2015· cited 476×
    Bullard v. Blue Hills Bank
  22. March 9, 2015· cited 475×
    Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Assn.
  23. November 10, 2014· cited 467×
    Johnson v. City of Shelby
  24. March 25, 2015· cited 449×
    Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc.
  25. June 18, 2015· cited 391×
    Brumfield v. Cain
  26. January 20, 2015· cited 344×
    Holt v. Hobbs
  27. January 14, 2015· cited 337×
    T-Mobile South, LLC v. City of Roswell
  28. June 18, 2015· cited 308×
    Walker v. Texas Div., Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc.
  29. June 15, 2015· cited 308×
    Baker Botts L.L.P. v. ASARCO LLC
  30. June 1, 2015· cited 301×
    Mellouli v. Lynch
  31. June 22, 2015· cited 298×
    Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC
  32. June 1, 2015· cited 294×
    Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.
  33. April 21, 2015· cited 289×
    Oneok, Inc. v. Learjet, Inc.
  34. May 26, 2015· cited 277×
    Commil United States, LLC v. Cisco Sys., Inc.
  35. June 15, 2015· cited 275×
    Kerry v. Din
  36. May 18, 2015· cited 265×
    Tibble v. Edison Int'l
  37. April 29, 2015· cited 252×
    MacH Mining, LLC v. Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n
  38. June 15, 2015· cited 251×
    Reyes Mata v. Lynch
  39. April 22, 2015· cited 249×
    United States v. Kwai Fun Wong
  40. June 18, 2015· cited 243×
    McFadden v. United States
  41. June 22, 2015· cited 240×
    City of L. A. v. Patel
  42. March 24, 2015· cited 222×
    B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc.
  43. June 29, 2015· cited 200×
    Michigan v. Envtl. Prot. Agency
  44. March 30, 2015· cited 197×
    Grady v. North Carolina
  45. May 18, 2015· cited 183×
    Harris v. Viegelahn
  46. January 26, 2015· cited 178×
    M&G Polymers United States, LLC v. Tackett
  47. March 9, 2015· cited 176×
    Department of Transportation v. Association of American Railroads
  48. June 29, 2015· cited 174×
    Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm'n
  49. June 29, 2015· cited 171×
    Michigan v. EPA
  50. May 18, 2015· cited 162×
    Comptroller of Treasury of Md. v. Wynne
  51. November 10, 2014· cited 145×
    Carroll v. Carman
  52. June 8, 2015· cited 144×
    Zivotofsky v. Kerry
  53. June 22, 2015· cited 131×
    Los Angeles v. Patel
  54. June 22, 2015· cited 129×
    Horne v. Department of Agriculture
  55. May 26, 2015· cited 129×
    Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. v. United States Ex Rel. Carter
  56. March 25, 2015· cited 127×
    Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama
  57. December 9, 2014· cited 119×
    Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk
  58. January 13, 2015· cited 117×
    Jesinoski v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
  59. January 14, 2015· cited 106×
    Jennings v. Stephens
  60. November 17, 2014· cited 96×
    Glebe v. Frost
  61. December 9, 2014· cited 89×
    Warger v. Shauers
  62. June 1, 2015· cited 87×
    Bank of America, N. A. v. Caulkett
  63. February 25, 2015· cited 67×
    N.C. State Bd. of Dental Examiners v. Fed. Trade Comm'n
  64. February 24, 2015· cited 67×
    Kansas v. Nebraska
  65. March 3, 2015· cited 63×
    Direct Marketing Assn. v. Brohl
  66. January 21, 2015· cited 62×
    Department of Homeland Security v. MacLean
  67. January 20, 2015· cited 44×
    Christeson v. Roper
  68. March 4, 2015· cited 42×
    Alabama Dept. of Revenue v. CSX Transp., Inc.
  69. October 6, 2014· cited 42×
    Varellas v. U.S. Parole Comm'n
  70. June 25, 2015· cited 41×
    Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc.
  71. October 6, 2014· cited 41×
    Diamond v. Pennsylvania
  72. February 23, 2015· cited 37×
    Patterson v. Pennsylvania
  73. October 6, 2014· cited 29×
    Thomas v. Newyork
  74. June 15, 2015· cited 27×
    Henderson v. Nebrasks
  75. June 8, 2015· cited 20×
    Jackson v. City of S.F.
  76. October 6, 2014· cited 20×
    Roney v. Pennsylvania
  77. March 9, 2015· cited 17×
    Univ. of Notre Dame v. Burwell
  78. February 23, 2015· cited 16×
    Anderson v. Semple
  79. December 12, 2014· cited 16×
    Toca v. Louisiana
  80. March 23, 2015· cited 14×
    Victorick v. Texas
  81. April 27, 2015· cited 12×
    Balt. City Police Dep't v. Owens
  82. October 20, 2014· cited 12×
    Scott v. Albino
  83. October 6, 2014· cited 11×
    Smith v. Mary Bishop
  84. March 30, 2015· cited 10×
    Cantor v. Personhuballah
  85. April 27, 2015· cited 9×
    Moore v. U.S. Dist. Court for the Cent. Dist. of Cal.
  86. January 12, 2015· cited 9×
    Bakri v. U.S. Dist. Court for the E. Dist. of Tenn.
  87. October 10, 2014· cited 9×
    Otter v. Latta
  88. February 23, 2015· cited 8×
    Houssels v. Pennsylvania
  89. December 5, 2014· cited 8×
    Walker v. Tex. Div., Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc.
  90. April 27, 2015· cited 7×
    Sai v. U.S. Postal Serv.
  91. April 20, 2015· cited 7×
    Dickson v. Rucho
  92. October 6, 2014· cited 7×
    Rainey v. Bostic
  93. October 6, 2014· cited 7×
    Anderson v. Dzurenda
  94. May 4, 2015· cited 6×
    Kosilek v. O'Brien
  95. April 27, 2015· cited 6×
    Illinois v. Cummings
  96. January 20, 2015· cited 6×
    CLS Transp. L. A., LLC v. Iskanian
  97. January 12, 2015· cited 6×
    Annucci v. Vincent
  98. November 25, 2014· cited 6×
    City of S.F. v. Sheehan
  99. October 17, 2014· cited 6×
    Parnell v. Hamby
  100. June 30, 2015· cited 5×
    Maldonado v. United States

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