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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 2015

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 2015 (October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2016), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 539 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (539 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 16, 2016· cited 7,043×
    Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins
  2. June 6, 2016· cited 4,310×
    Ross v. Blake
  3. November 9, 2015· cited 3,438×
    Mullenix v. Luna
  4. January 25, 2016· cited 2,780×
    Montgomery v. Louisiana
  5. June 23, 2016· cited 2,769×
    Mathis v. United States
  6. June 23, 2016· cited 1,440×
    Birchfield v. N. Dakota. William Robert Bernard
  7. April 18, 2016· cited 1,417×
    Welch v. United States
  8. April 20, 2016· cited 1,281×
    Molina-Martinez v. United States
  9. January 12, 2016· cited 1,067×
    Hurst v. Florida
  10. March 22, 2016· cited 977×
    Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo
  11. January 20, 2016· cited 967×
    Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez
  12. June 16, 2016· cited 797×
    Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar
  13. June 9, 2016· cited 794×
    Dietz v. Bouldin
  14. January 25, 2016· cited 660×
    Menominee Indian Tribe of Wis. v. United States
  15. January 25, 2016· cited 659×
    Musacchio v. United States
  16. May 23, 2016· cited 642×
    Green v. Brennan
  17. June 20, 2016· cited 483×
    Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro
  18. June 13, 2016· cited 467×
    Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc.
  19. May 23, 2016· cited 461×
    Foster v. Chatman
  20. April 4, 2016· cited 460×
    Woods v. Etherton
  21. June 16, 2016· cited 435×
    Kingdomware Technologies, Inc. v. United States
  22. June 20, 2016· cited 423×
    Utah v. Strieff
  23. May 16, 2016· cited 421×
    Husky International Electronics, Inc. v. Ritz
  24. March 7, 2016· cited 421×
    Americold Realty Trust v. ConAgra Foods, Inc.
  25. June 9, 2016· cited 380×
    Williams v. Pennsylvania
  26. June 20, 2016· cited 322×
    Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee
  27. January 12, 2016· cited 321×
    Bruce v. Samuels
  28. June 27, 2016· cited 306×
    Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt
  29. May 31, 2016· cited 303×
    U.S. Army Corps of Eng'rs v. Hawkes Co.
  30. June 27, 2016· cited 299×
    Voisine v. United States
  31. June 20, 2016· cited 285×
    RJR Nabisco, Inc. v. European Cmty.
  32. March 1, 2016· cited 270×
    Lockhart v. United States
  33. June 27, 2016· cited 265×
    McDonnell v. United States
  34. May 19, 2016· cited 227×
    CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n
  35. June 16, 2016· cited 213×
    Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  36. June 13, 2016· cited 203×
    Puerto Rico v. Franklin California Tax-Free Trust
  37. March 7, 2016· cited 201×
    Wearry v. Cain
  38. January 20, 2016· cited 200×
    Montanile v. Board of Trustees of Nat. Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan
  39. May 16, 2016· cited 198×
    Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. v. Manning
  40. December 14, 2015· cited 187×
    Directv, Inc. v. Imburgia
  41. December 8, 2015· cited 187×
    Shapiro v. McManus
  42. January 25, 2016· cited 186×
    Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n v. Elec. Power Supply Ass'n
  43. January 20, 2016· cited 181×
    Kansas v. Kansas
  44. March 1, 2016· cited 173×
    Gobeille v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.
  45. May 19, 2016· cited 171×
    Betterman v. Montana
  46. April 26, 2016· cited 167×
    Heffernan v. City of Paterson
  47. May 19, 2016· cited 163×
    Luna Torres v. Lynch
  48. May 2, 2016· cited 160×
    Ocasio v. United States
  49. April 20, 2016· cited 152×
    Bank Markazi v. Peterson
  50. October 5, 2015· cited 135×
    Maryland v. Kulbicki
  51. December 1, 2015· cited 130×
    OBB Personenverkehr AG v. Sachs
  52. June 9, 2016· cited 125×
    Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle
  53. June 6, 2016· cited 124×
    Simmons v. Himmelreich
  54. December 14, 2015· cited 120×
    White v. Wheeler
  55. May 31, 2016· cited 111×
    Johnson v. Lee
  56. April 4, 2016· cited 92×
    Evenwel v. Abbott
  57. April 19, 2016· cited 90×
    Hughes v. Talen Energy Marketing, LLC
  58. May 16, 2016· cited 89×
    Kernan v. Hinojosa
  59. March 22, 2016· cited 89×
    Sturgeon v. Frost
  60. March 21, 2016· cited 88×
    Caetano v. Massachusetts
  61. May 23, 2016· cited 69×
    Wittman v. Personhuballah
  62. June 23, 2016· cited 55×
    Fisher v. University of Tex. at Austin
  63. April 20, 2016· cited 52×
    Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm'n
  64. January 25, 2016· cited 52×
    Amgen Inc. v. Harris
  65. March 22, 2016· cited 51×
    Nebraska v. Parker
  66. March 7, 2016· cited 51×
    V.L. v. E.L.
  67. May 31, 2016· cited 48×
    Lynch v. Arizona
  68. May 16, 2016· cited 47×
    Sheriff v. Gillie
  69. June 20, 2016· cited 46×
    RJR Nabisco, Inc. v. European Community
  70. May 16, 2016· cited 43×
    Zubik v. Burwell
  71. January 25, 2016· cited 31×
    James v. City of Boise
  72. December 7, 2015· cited 28×
    Friedman v. City of Highland Park
  73. March 7, 2016· cited 23×
    Semple v. Casiano
  74. September 29, 2016· cited 20×
    Lynch v. Dimaya
  75. April 18, 2016· cited 20×
    Semple v. Davis
  76. May 23, 2016· cited 17×
    Adams v. Alabama
  77. May 31, 2016· cited 13×
    Cubist Pharm., Inc. v. Hospira, Inc.
  78. August 3, 2016· cited 10×
    Gloucester Cnty. Sch. Bd. v. G.G.
  79. March 29, 2016· cited 10×
    Friedrichs v. Cal. Teachers Ass'n
  80. January 25, 2016· cited 9×
    FERC v. Electric Power Supply Assn.
  81. January 21, 2016· cited 9×
    Brooks v. Dunn
  82. October 5, 2015· cited 9×
    Huarte v. United States
  83. October 5, 2015· cited 9×
    Davila v. Haynes
  84. June 27, 2016· cited 8×
    United States ex rel. Nelson v. Sanford-Brown, Ltd.
  85. December 4, 2015· cited 8×
    Universal Health Servs., Inc. v. U.S. & Mass. ex rel. Escobar
  86. November 6, 2015· cited 8×
    S. Nazarene Univ. v. Burwell
  87. October 5, 2015· cited 8×
    Barth v. McNeely
  88. October 5, 2015· cited 8×
    Mullen v. Ceres Marine Terminals, Inc.
  89. June 6, 2016· cited 7×
    Kirksey v. Alabama
  90. May 2, 2016· cited 7×
    Johnson v. Alabama
  91. April 25, 2016· cited 7×
    Arrigoni Enters., LLC v. Town of Durham
  92. January 19, 2016· cited 7×
    Medtronic Sofamor Danek United States, Inc. v. Nuvasive, Inc.
  93. December 11, 2015· cited 7×
    Birchfield v. Dakota
  94. March 7, 2016· cited 6×
    Jones v. Virginia
  95. November 30, 2015· cited 6×
    PLC v. Newyork
  96. November 30, 2015· cited 6×
    Rapelje v. Blackston
  97. October 5, 2015· cited 6×
    U.S. Tour & Remittance, Inc. v. United States
  98. June 23, 2016· cited 5×
    Dollar Gen. Corp. v. Miss. Band Indians
  99. May 31, 2016· cited 5×
    Wimbley v. Alabama
  100. March 7, 2016· cited 5×
    Davis v. Michigan

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