New York Supreme Court

The most-cited opinions of the New York Supreme Court on UpLaw — 489 decisions from 1801–1997, each with its treatment history and the cases that cite it.

• People ex rel. Attorney General v. Utica Insurance 15 Johns. 358 · cited by 162
• Dash v. Van Kleeck 7 Johns. 477 · cited by 161
• People v. Mather 4 Wend. 229 · cited by 153
• Mayor of New-York v. Bailey 2 Denio 433 · cited by 122
• Welland Canal Co. v. Hathaway 8 Wend. 480 · cited by 118
• Bloodgood v. Mohawk & Hudson Railroad 18 Wend. 9 · cited by 109
• Moore v. Lyons 25 Wend. 118 · cited by 105
• Douglass v. Howland 24 Wend. 35 · cited by 101
• Borden v. Fitch 15 Johns. 121 · cited by 101
• Starbuck v. Murray 5 Wend. 148 · cited by 96
• Savacool v. Boughton 5 Wend. 170 · cited by 90
• Leonard v. Vredenburgh 8 Johns. 29 · cited by 88
• Saltus & Saltus v. Everett 20 Wend. 267 · cited by 84
• Hartfield v. Roper 21 Wend. 615 · cited by 83
• Jackson ex dem. Yates v. Hathaway 15 Johns. 447 · cited by 81
• Barker v. Bucklin 2 Denio 45 · cited by 75
• Yates v. Lansing 5 Johns. 282 · cited by 73
• Freeman v. People 4 Denio 9 · cited by 73
• Weaver v. Devendorf 3 Denio 117 · cited by 72
• People ex rel. Case v. Collins 19 Wend. 56 · cited by 71
• Jennings v. Chenango Mutual Insurance 2 Denio 75 · cited by 71
• Shumway v. Stillman 6 Wend. 447 · cited by 70
• People v. Rathbun 21 Wend. 509 · cited by 70
• Mercein v. People ex rel. Barry 25 Wend. 63 · cited by 69
• Wright v. J. & S. Wilcox 19 Wend. 343 · cited by 67
• People v. Cook 14 Barb. 259 · cited by 66
• Tobey v. Barber 5 Johns. 68 · cited by 66
• Vallett v. Parker 6 Wend. 615 · cited by 65
• Supervisors of Onondaga v. Briggs 2 Denio 26 · cited by 65
• Slee v. Bloom 19 Johns. 456 · cited by 61
• People ex relat. Bush & Higby v. Collins 7 Johns. 549 · cited by 61
• Bendernagle v. Cocks 19 Wend. 207 · cited by 60
• Hodges v. City of Buffalo 2 Denio 110 · cited by 60
• Walker v. Sherman 20 Wend. 636 · cited by 59
• Cumberland Coal & Iron Co. v. Sherman 30 Barb. 553 · cited by 58
• Tonawanda Rail-Road v. Munger 5 Denio 255 · cited by 58
• Parker & Edgarton v. Foote 19 Wend. 309 · cited by 58
• Wilcox v. Smith 5 Wend. 231 · cited by 58
• Corporation of Brick Presbyterian Church v. Mayor of New York 5 Cow. 538 · cited by 57
• Merrill v. Ithaca & Owego Rail Road 16 Wend. 586 · cited by 57
• Costigan v. Mohawk & Hudson Rail-Road 2 Denio 609 · cited by 57
• Ruggles v. Keeler 3 Johns. 263 · cited by 56
• Metropolitan Opera Ass'n, Inc. v. Wagner-Nichols Recorder Corp. 101 N.Y.S.2d 483 · cited by 56
• Frost & Dickinson v. Brisbin 19 Wend. 11 · cited by 56
• In re the case of Yates 4 Johns. 317 · cited by 55
• Green v. Burke 23 Wend. 490 · cited by 55
• Farley v. Cleveland 4 Cow. 432 · cited by 55
• People v. Goodwin 18 Johns. 187 · cited by 55
• People v. Rector 19 Wend. 569 · cited by 55
• Mayor of Brooklyn v. Meserole 26 Wend. 132 · cited by 54
• People v. Abbot 19 Wend. 192 · cited by 54
• Commercial Bank v. Hughes 17 Wend. 94 · cited by 54
• Langdon v. Buel 9 Wend. 80 · cited by 53
• Root v. French 13 Wend. 570 · cited by 53
• Fenton v. Reed 4 Johns. 52 · cited by 52
• Mumford v. Whitney 15 Wend. 380 · cited by 52
• People v. Castro 144 Misc. 2d 956 · cited by 52
• People v. President & Directors of the Manhattan Co. 9 Wend. 351 · cited by 52
• Dubois v. Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. 4 Wend. 285 · cited by 51
• Gardner v. Buckbee 3 Cow. 120 · cited by 51
• People v. Morris 13 Wend. 325 · cited by 51
• Norman v. Wells 17 Wend. 136 · cited by 51
• Livingston v. Bishop 1 Johns. 290 · cited by 51
• Jackson ex dem. Russell v. Rowland 6 Wend. 666 · cited by 51
• Cochran v. Van Surlay 20 Wend. 365 · cited by 50
• Stow v. Tifft 15 Johns. 458 · cited by 50
• Kellogg v. Richards 14 Wend. 116 · cited by 50
• Nellis v. Clark 20 Wend. 24 · cited by 50
• People v. Rensselaer & Saratoga Rail Road 15 Wend. 113 · cited by 49
• Rogers v. Jones 1 Wend. 237 · cited by 48
• Fish v. Dodge 4 Denio 311 · cited by 48
• Yates v. People 6 Johns. 337 · cited by 48
• Warner v. People ex rel. Conner 2 Denio 272 · cited by 48
• People ex rel. Church v. Supervisors of Allegany 15 Wend. 198 · cited by 47
• Dob & Dob v. Halsey 16 Johns. 34 · cited by 47
• Abbott v. Draper 4 Denio 51 · cited by 47
• Hitchcock v. Harrington 6 Johns. 290 · cited by 47
• Waller v. Harris 20 Wend. 555 · cited by 47
• Willcox v. Smith 26 Barb. 316 · cited by 46
• Jackson ex dem. Griswold v. Bard 4 Johns. 230 · cited by 46
• Van Vechten v. Hopkins 5 Johns. 211 · cited by 46
• People v. Allen 6 Wend. 486 · cited by 46
• Robertson v. Smith 18 Johns. 459 · cited by 46
• Fleming v. Gilbert 3 Johns. 528 · cited by 46
• People v. Taylor 3 Denio 91 · cited by 46
• Pain v. Packard 13 Johns. 174 · cited by 46
• Jefferson Insurance v. H. & D. Cotheal. 7 Wend. 72 · cited by 46
• Jackson v. Sebring 16 Johns. 515 · cited by 46
• Foot v. Stevens 17 Wend. 483 · cited by 46
• Rossiter v. Rossiter 8 Wend. 494 · cited by 46
• Root v. Stuyvesant 18 Wend. 138 · cited by 46
• Seymour & Bouck v. Van Slyck 8 Wend. 403 · cited by 46
• Sandford v. Handy 23 Wend. 260 · cited by 45
• Woodcock v. Bennet 1 Cow. 711 · cited by 45
• Lee v. Tillotson 24 Wend. 337 · cited by 45
• Stearns v. Marsh 4 Denio 227 · cited by 45
• Mowrey v. Walsh 8 Cow. 238 · cited by 45
• Life & Fire Insurance v. Mechanic Fire Insurance 7 Wend. 31 · cited by 45
• Robb v. Hackley & Welton 23 Wend. 50 · cited by 45
• Embree & Collins v. Hanna 5 Johns. 101 · cited by 45
• Elwood v. Deifendorf 5 Barb. 398 · cited by 45
• People ex rel. Stanton v. Tioga C. P. 19 Wend. 73 · cited by 45
• Cole v. Goodwin & Story 19 Wend. 251 · cited by 45
• New York Central Insurance v. National Protection Insurance 20 Barb. 468 · cited by 44
• Bool v. Mix 17 Wend. 119 · cited by 44
• Beebe v. Johnson 19 Wend. 500 · cited by 44
• Vandenburgh v. Truax 4 Denio 464 · cited by 44
• Pitcher v. Livingston 4 Johns. 1 · cited by 44
• Jackson ex dem. Norton v. Willard 4 Johns. 41 · cited by 44
• Watson's Executors v. McLaren 19 Wend. 557 · cited by 44
• Mowatt v. Wright 1 Wend. 355 · cited by 44
• Pentz v. Stanton 10 Wend. 271 · cited by 44
• Tiffany & Co. v. Tiffany Productions, Inc. 147 Misc. 679 · cited by 44
• Ford v. Monroe 20 Wend. 210 · cited by 43
• Lincoln v. Saratoga & Schenectady Rail Road 23 Wend. 425 · cited by 43
• People ex rel. Oebricks v. Superior Court 5 Wend. 114 · cited by 43
• Lahiri v. Daily Mirror, Inc. 162 Misc. 776 · cited by 43
• Troup v. Executors of Smith 20 Johns. 33 · cited by 43
• Crary v. Sprague 12 Wend. 41 · cited by 43
• Lansing v. Smith 8 Cow. 146 · cited by 43
• Denton v. Noyes 6 Johns. 296 · cited by 43
• Dowe v. Schutt 2 Denio 621 · cited by 43
• People v. Superior Court 10 Wend. 285 · cited by 43
• Delafield v. State 26 Wend. 192 · cited by 43
• Stewart's v. Lispenard 26 Wend. 255 · cited by 43
• Jeffrey v. Bigelow 13 Wend. 518 · cited by 42
• Benton v. Pratt 2 Wend. 385 · cited by 42
• People ex rel. Bailey v. Supervisors of Greene 12 Barb. 217 · cited by 42
• Munn v. President & Directors of Commission Co. 15 Johns. 44 · cited by 42
• Mills v. Martin 19 Johns. 7 · cited by 42
• Upton v. Vail 6 Johns. 181 · cited by 42
• Orange County Bank v. Brown 9 Wend. 85 · cited by 42
• Patchin v. Pierce 12 Wend. 61 · cited by 41
• Gregory v. Thomas 20 Wend. 17 · cited by 41
• Allen v. Culver 3 Denio 284 · cited by 41
• Palmer v. Mulligan 3 Cai. Cas. 307 · cited by 41
• Abbot v. American Hard Rubber Co. 33 Barb. 578 · cited by 41
• Bowne v. Joy 9 Johns. 221 · cited by 40
• Church v. Gilman 15 Wend. 656 · cited by 40
• Everett v. Saltus 15 Wend. 474 · cited by 40
• Tripp v. Cook 26 Wend. 143 · cited by 40
• Whitney v. Allaire 4 Denio 554 · cited by 40
• Blanchard v. Ely 21 Wend. 342 · cited by 40
• Vosburgh v. Thayer 12 Johns. 461 · cited by 40
• Churchill v. Hunt 3 Denio 321 · cited by 40
• Jackson v. Robins 16 Johns. 539 · cited by 40
• Jackson ex dem. Coe v. Kniffen 2 Johns. 31 · cited by 40
• Charter v. Stevens 3 Denio 33 · cited by 40
• McCullough v. Mayor of Brooklyn 23 Wend. 458 · cited by 40
• Holley v. Mix 3 Wend. 350 · cited by 39
• Allen v. Sewall 2 Wend. 327 · cited by 39
• Jackson ex dem. Swartwout v. Johnson 5 Cow. 74 · cited by 39
• Corning v. Gould 16 Wend. 531 · cited by 39
• People v. Fisher 14 Wend. 9 · cited by 39
• Barker v. Mechanic Fire Insurance 3 Wend. 94 · cited by 39
• Ketchum & Sweet v. Evertson 13 Johns. 359 · cited by 39
• Hyde v. Stone 7 Wend. 354 · cited by 39
• Beddoe's v. Wadsworth 21 Wend. 120 · cited by 39
• People v. Rynders 12 Wend. 425 · cited by 39
• Harker v. Anderson 21 Wend. 372 · cited by 39
• Wilkes & Fontaine v. Ferris 5 Johns. 335 · cited by 39
• Schemerhorn v. Vanderheyden 1 Johns. 139 · cited by 38
• Remsen v. Brinckerhoff 26 Wend. 325 · cited by 38
• Walden v. Sherburne 15 Johns. 409 · cited by 38
• Chace v. Hinman 8 Wend. 452 · cited by 38
• Lawrence v. Barker 5 Wend. 301 · cited by 38
• People ex rel. Bishop v. Kingston & Middletown Turnpike Road Co. 23 Wend. 193 · cited by 38
• Gibson v. Culver 17 Wend. 305 · cited by 38
• People v. Badgley 16 Wend. 53 · cited by 37
• Hanmer v. Wilsey 17 Wend. 91 · cited by 37
• Gilbert v. North American Fire Insurance 23 Wend. 43 · cited by 37
• Ostrander v. Brown & Stafford 15 Johns. 39 · cited by 37
• Conklin v. Egerton's Administrator 21 Wend. 430 · cited by 37
• Edwards v. Davis 16 Johns. 281 · cited by 37
• Thompson v. Ketcham 8 Johns. 189 · cited by 37
• Holmes v. Broughton 10 Wend. 75 · cited by 37
• Otis v. Sill 8 Barb. 102 · cited by 37
• Post & Dowding v. Ætna Insurance 43 Barb. 351 · cited by 37
• Drake v. Hudson River Railroad 7 Barb. 508 · cited by 37
• Dan v. Brown 4 Cow. 483 · cited by 37
• Jackson ex dem. Saunders v. Cadwell 1 Cow. 622 · cited by 37
• Carpenter v. People 8 Barb. 603 · cited by 37
• Thomas v. Leland 24 Wend. 65 · cited by 37
• In re John 19 Wend. 659 · cited by 36
• Burt v. Place 4 Wend. 591 · cited by 36
• In re Thompson 1 Wend. 43 · cited by 36
• Smedes v. President of Bank of Utica 20 Johns. 372 · cited by 36
• Panton v. Holland 17 Johns. 92 · cited by 36
• Fisher v. New-York Common Pleas 18 Wend. 319 · cited by 36
• Coleman v. Southwick 9 Johns. 45 · cited by 36
• In re the Mayor of New-York 11 Johns. 77 · cited by 36
• Leavitt v. Blatchford 5 Barb. 9 · cited by 36
• Phyfe v. Riley 15 Wend. 248 · cited by 36
• Dyett v. North American Coal Co. 20 Wend. 570 · cited by 35
• Evertson v. Booth 19 Johns. 486 · cited by 35
• Bement v. Smith 15 Wend. 493 · cited by 35
• People v. Supervisors of the County of Columbia 10 Wend. 363 · cited by 35
• Griswold v. Waddington 16 Johns. 438 · cited by 35
• Frost v. Saratoga Mutual Insurance 5 Denio 154 · cited by 35
• Putnam v. Lewis 8 Johns. 389 · cited by 35