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Supreme Court Opinions — October Term 2018

Most-cited Supreme Court opinions filed in October Term 2018 (October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019), from CourtListener's bulk data. CourtListener's bulk data has 532 records for this term with at least one citation or a syllabus (532 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. April 1, 2019· cited 12,652×
    Biestek v. Berryhill
  2. June 24, 2019· cited 2,472×
    United States v. Davis
  3. June 21, 2019· cited 1,955×
    Rehaif v. United States
  4. January 8, 2019· cited 1,244×
    Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc.
  5. June 26, 2019· cited 1,050×
    Kisor v. Wilkie
  6. May 28, 2019· cited 1,018×
    Nieves v. Bartlett
  7. June 21, 2019· cited 844×
    Knick v. Township of Scott
  8. May 28, 2019· cited 714×
    Home Depot U. S. A., Inc. v. Jackson
  9. June 27, 2019· cited 658×
    Department of Commerce v. New York
  10. January 7, 2019· cited 609×
    City of Escondido v. Emmons
  11. June 20, 2019· cited 578×
    McDonough v. Smith
  12. January 8, 2019· cited 567×
    Culbertson v. Berryhill
  13. February 27, 2019· cited 532×
    Garza v. Idaho
  14. May 28, 2019· cited 527×
    Smith v. Berryhill
  15. June 3, 2019· cited 478×
    Taggart v. Lorenzen
  16. June 17, 2019· cited 449×
    Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck
  17. April 1, 2019· cited 407×
    Bucklew v. Precythe
  18. June 26, 2019· cited 398×
    United States v. Haymond
  19. January 15, 2019· cited 391×
    New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira
  20. April 24, 2019· cited 381×
    Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela
  21. June 3, 2019· cited 378×
    Fort Bend Cnty. v. Davis
  22. June 21, 2019· cited 355×
    Flowers v. Mississippi
  23. February 20, 2019· cited 354×
    Timbs v. Indiana
  24. January 15, 2019· cited 348×
    Stokeling v. United States
  25. June 24, 2019· cited 315×
    Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media
  26. June 3, 2019· cited 277×
    Fort Bend County v. Davis
  27. June 20, 2019· cited 265×
    Gundy v. United States
  28. June 17, 2019· cited 238×
    Gamble v. United States
  29. March 4, 2019· cited 238×
    Fourth Estate Pub. Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC
  30. June 27, 2019· cited 237×
    Rucho v. Common Cause
  31. March 20, 2019· cited 226×
    Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP
  32. March 4, 2019· cited 214×
    Rimini Street, Inc. v. Oracle USA, Inc.
  33. June 3, 2019· cited 202×
    Azar v. Allina Health Services
  34. June 17, 2019· cited 193×
    Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill
  35. May 20, 2019· cited 191×
    Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC
  36. January 7, 2019· cited 175×
    Shoop v. Hill
  37. December 10, 2018· cited 167×
    United States v. Stitt
  38. May 13, 2019· cited 166×
    Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt
  39. June 27, 2019· cited 152×
    Mitchell v. Wisconsin
  40. May 13, 2019· cited 151×
    Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Hunt
  41. November 27, 2018· cited 142×
    Weyerhaeuser Co. v. United States Fish and Wildlife Serv.
  42. March 27, 2019· cited 141×
    Lorenzo v. SEC. & Exch. Comm'n
  43. March 20, 2019· cited 130×
    Frank v. Gaos
  44. June 26, 2019· cited 128×
    Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Assn. v. Thomas
  45. May 13, 2019· cited 122×
    Apple, Inc. v. Pepper
  46. June 24, 2019· cited 119×
    Iancu v. Brunetti
  47. June 10, 2019· cited 119×
    Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd. v. Newton
  48. March 26, 2019· cited 116×
    Republic of Sudan v. Harrison
  49. June 10, 2019· cited 109×
    Quarles v. United States
  50. May 20, 2019· cited 108×
    Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Albrecht
  51. February 26, 2019· cited 104×
    Nutraceutical Corp. v. Lambert
  52. March 19, 2019· cited 103×
    Air & Liquid Systems Corp. v. DeVries
  53. May 20, 2019· cited 81×
    Herrera v. Wyoming
  54. June 3, 2019· cited 73×
    Mont v. United States
  55. February 27, 2019· cited 72×
    Jam v. International Finance Corp.
  56. June 24, 2019· cited 71×
    Dutra Group v. Batterton
  57. June 20, 2019· cited 63×
    PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton Harris Chiropractic, Inc.
  58. June 10, 2019· cited 63×
    Return Mail, Inc. v. U.S. Postal Serv.
  59. November 6, 2018· cited 51×
    Mount Lemmon Fire Dist. v. Guido
  60. January 22, 2019· cited 45×
    Helsinn Healthcare S. A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
  61. February 27, 2019· cited 44×
    Madison v. Alabama
  62. June 21, 2019· cited 43×
    North Carolina Dept. of Revenue v. Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust
  63. May 28, 2019· cited 38×
    Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc.
  64. April 29, 2019· cited 32×
    Thacker v. Tenn. Valley Auth.
  65. March 4, 2019· cited 32×
    BNSF Ry. Co. v. Loos
  66. June 20, 2019· cited 30×
    American Legion v. American Humanist Assn.
  67. June 17, 2019· cited 28×
    Lotter v. Nebraska
  68. February 25, 2019· cited 27×
    Yovino v. Rizo
  69. May 20, 2019· cited 26×
    Hagan v. Khoja
  70. January 7, 2019· cited 23×
    Cnty. of Orange v. Gordon
  71. February 1, 2019· cited 21×
    June Med. Servs., L.L.C. v. Gee
  72. May 28, 2019· cited 19×
    Like v. Transcon. Gas Pipe Line Co.
  73. March 28, 2019· cited 18×
    Murphy v. Collier
  74. January 7, 2019· cited 18×
    Brown v. Hatton
  75. October 1, 2018· cited 16×
    Morsy E. v. Comm'r, Conn. Dep't of Children & Families
  76. October 1, 2018· cited 16×
    City of Fort Worth v. Darden
  77. February 20, 2019· cited 14×
    Dawson v. Steager
  78. February 19, 2019· cited 11×
    Greene v. Semple
  79. June 17, 2019· cited 10×
    Little Sisters the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence v. California
  80. June 28, 2019· cited 8×
    City of Joliet v. Manuel
  81. December 21, 2018· cited 8×
    Trump v. E. Bay Sanctuary Covenant
  82. April 29, 2019· cited 7×
    Nextera Energy, Inc. v. Elliott Assocs., L.P.
  83. April 22, 2019· cited 7×
    Altitude Express, Inc. v. Zarda
  84. March 18, 2019· cited 7×
    Mathena v. Malvo
  85. November 13, 2018· cited 7×
    Tanzi v. Florida
  86. June 28, 2019· cited 6×
    Dep't of Homeland Sec. v. Regents of the Univ. of Cal.
  87. April 22, 2019· cited 6×
    R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. v. Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n
  88. February 25, 2019· cited 6×
    Huss v. Robinson
  89. January 22, 2019· cited 6×
    N.Y.S. Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. City of N.Y.
  90. January 7, 2019· cited 6×
    Portela v. United States
  91. October 1, 2018· cited 6×
    Cobo-Cobo v. United States
  92. June 17, 2019· cited 5×
    United States v. Herrold
  93. May 28, 2019· cited 5×
    Fleshman v. Volkswagen, AG
  94. April 22, 2019· cited 5×
    Bostock v. Clayton Cnty.
  95. April 1, 2019· cited 5×
    Ctr. for Med. Progress v. Planned Parenthood Fed'n of Am.
  96. March 26, 2019· cited 5×
    Cadian Capital Mgmt., LP v. Klein
  97. February 19, 2019· cited 5×
    Beeman v. United States
  98. January 14, 2019· cited 5×
    Grant v. Carpenter
  99. January 7, 2019· cited 5×
    Connecticut v. Skakel
  100. January 7, 2019· cited 5×
    Snapp v. Burlington N. Santa Fe Ry. Co.

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