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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 2017

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 2017 (October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 515 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (515 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. January 22, 2018· cited 2,459×
    District of Columbia v. Wesby
  2. February 27, 2018· cited 2,066×
    Jennings v. Rodriguez
  3. April 17, 2018· cited 1,836×
    Wilson v. Sellers
  4. April 2, 2018· cited 1,731×
    Kisela v. Hughes
  5. June 22, 2018· cited 1,201×
    Carpenter v. United States
  6. June 21, 2018· cited 1,012×
    Pereira v. Sessions
  7. June 21, 2018· cited 979×
    Lucia v. SEC
  8. May 21, 2018· cited 946×
    Epic Systems Corp. v. Lewis
  9. April 17, 2018· cited 942×
    Sessions v. Dimaya
  10. June 18, 2018· cited 806×
    Rosales-Mireles v. United States
  11. May 14, 2018· cited 738×
    McCoy v. Louisiana
  12. June 26, 2018· cited 636×
    Trump v. Hawaii
  13. June 27, 2018· cited 545×
    Janus v. State, County, and Municipal Employees
  14. June 18, 2018· cited 477×
    Chavez-Meza v. United States
  15. March 27, 2018· cited 468×
    Hall v. Hall
  16. January 22, 2018· cited 431×
    Artis v. District of Columbia
  17. June 18, 2018· cited 372×
    Gill v. Whitford
  18. May 29, 2018· cited 347×
    Collins v. Virginia
  19. February 21, 2018· cited 343×
    Class v. United States
  20. June 18, 2018· cited 339×
    Besinek v. Lamone
  21. April 24, 2018· cited 339×
    SAS Institute Inc. v. Iancu
  22. March 5, 2018· cited 327×
    U. S. Bank N. A. v. Village at Lakeridge, LLC
  23. May 14, 2018· cited 310×
    Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn.
  24. May 14, 2018· cited 300×
    United States v. Sanchez-Gomez
  25. May 14, 2018· cited 288×
    Byrd v. United States
  26. June 4, 2018· cited 283×
    Lamar, Archer & Cofrin, LLP v. Appling
  27. June 21, 2018· cited 278×
    Wisconsin Central Ltd. v. United States
  28. June 26, 2018· cited 258×
    National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra
  29. June 18, 2018· cited 235×
    Lozman v. Riviera Beach
  30. June 25, 2018· cited 232×
    Abbott v. Perez
  31. June 11, 2018· cited 228×
    China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh
  32. December 4, 2017· cited 219×
    Allen v. United States
  33. June 28, 2018· cited 210×
    Sexton v. Beaudreaux
  34. November 8, 2017· cited 209×
    Hamer v. Neighborhood Hous. Servs. of Chi.
  35. June 28, 2018· cited 207×
    Sause v. Bauer
  36. February 21, 2018· cited 199×
    Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers
  37. June 25, 2018· cited 190×
    Ohio v. American Express Co.
  38. June 21, 2018· cited 178×
    South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc.
  39. June 14, 2018· cited 177×
    Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky
  40. January 22, 2018· cited 176×
    National Assn. of Mfrs. v. Department of Defense
  41. June 4, 2018· cited 175×
    Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Comm'n
  42. June 11, 2018· cited 172×
    Sveen v. Melin
  43. December 4, 2017· cited 160×
    Sedlak v. Smith
  44. June 22, 2018· cited 148×
    Currier v. Virginia
  45. March 20, 2018· cited 129×
    Cyan, Inc. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund
  46. February 27, 2018· cited 123×
    Merit Management Group, LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc.
  47. February 21, 2018· cited 120×
    Murphy v. Smith
  48. May 29, 2018· cited 112×
    Lagos v. United States
  49. February 27, 2018· cited 104×
    Patchak v. Zinke
  50. April 24, 2018· cited 102×
    Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC
  51. February 21, 2018· cited 100×
    Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran
  52. November 6, 2017· cited 100×
    Kernan v. Cuero
  53. March 21, 2018· cited 97×
    Ayestas v. Davis
  54. June 22, 2018· cited 94×
    WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp.
  55. February 20, 2018· cited 87×
    CNH Industrial N. v. v. Reese
  56. November 8, 2017· cited 83×
    Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Servs. of Chicago
  57. March 21, 2018· cited 82×
    Marinello v. United States
  58. June 14, 2018· cited 77×
    Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co.
  59. April 24, 2018· cited 70×
    Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC
  60. June 11, 2018· cited 54×
    Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute
  61. January 8, 2018· cited 54×
    Tharpe v. Sellers
  62. June 22, 2018· cited 53×
    Ortiz v. United States
  63. January 22, 2018· cited 53×
    Dickey v. City of Bos.
  64. November 6, 2017· cited 49×
    Dunn v. Madison
  65. May 21, 2018· cited 43×
    Upper Skagit Tribe v. Lundgren
  66. June 4, 2018· cited 40×
    Azar v. Garza
  67. May 14, 2018· cited 36×
    Dahda v. United States
  68. October 10, 2017· cited 31×
    Trump v. Int'l Refugee Assistance
  69. June 28, 2018· cited 30×
    Kaushal v. Indiana
  70. June 11, 2018· cited 29×
    Cleveland Clinic Found. v. True Health Diagnostics LLC.
  71. June 28, 2018· cited 28×
    North Carolina v. Covington
  72. January 16, 2018· cited 28×
    Reyes v. Sessions
  73. December 4, 2017· cited 28×
    Sappington v. Oldham
  74. April 23, 2018· cited 25×
    Bain v. United States
  75. June 28, 2018· cited 24×
    Wilford v. United States
  76. June 4, 2018· cited 24×
    Laul v. L. Alamos Nat'l Labs.
  77. April 16, 2018· cited 22×
    Burtons v. United States
  78. December 4, 2017· cited 21×
    Saintfleur v. Florida
  79. April 30, 2018· cited 20×
    Martinez-Cerda v. United States
  80. January 16, 2018· cited 20×
    Vocke v. Merit Sys. Prot. Bd.
  81. March 19, 2018· cited 19×
    Noonan v. Cnty. of Oakland
  82. June 25, 2018· cited 18×
    Rubio-Sorto v. United States
  83. March 5, 2018· cited 18×
    Salt River Project Agric. Improvement & Power Dist. v. Tesla Energy Operations, Inc.
  84. December 4, 2017· cited 18×
    Trump v. Int'l Refugee Assistance Project
  85. March 26, 2018· cited 16×
    Westbrooks v. United States
  86. March 5, 2018· cited 16×
    Prince v. Chouraqui
  87. January 8, 2018· cited 16×
    Edionwe v. Bailey
  88. October 2, 2017· cited 16×
    Snyder v. Doe
  89. June 25, 2018· cited 15×
    Young v. Ocasio
  90. February 20, 2018· cited 15×
    Reddick v. Connecticut
  91. February 20, 2018· cited 15×
    Thackrey v. Illinois
  92. January 8, 2018· cited 14×
    Romero-Payan v. United States
  93. January 8, 2018· cited 14×
    Touchet v. Estis Well Serv., L.L.C.
  94. October 16, 2017· cited 14×
    Foster v. Tatum
  95. June 27, 2018· cited 13×
    Florida v. Georgia
  96. February 26, 2018· cited 13×
    Payne v. Horton
  97. January 8, 2018· cited 13×
    Degraffenried v. United States
  98. April 16, 2018· cited 12×
    Silver v. Rescap Borrower Claims Trust
  99. April 16, 2018· cited 12×
    Zuza v. Office of the High Representative
  100. January 8, 2018· cited 12×
    Mercer v. Fairfax Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors

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