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The most-cited opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States on UpLaw — 21,262 decisions from 1781–2025, each with its treatment history and the cases that cite it.

Ashcroft v. Iqbal 129 S. Ct. 1937 · cited by 72,011
Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly 20 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 267 · cited by 70,248
Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. 477 U.S. 242 · cited by 57,547
Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett 477 U.S. 317 · cited by 50,844
Strickland v. Washington 466 U.S. 668 · cited by 48,738
Anders v. California 18 L. Ed. 2d 493 · cited by 39,019
Jackson v. Virginia 61 L. Ed. 2d 560 · cited by 33,868
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation 475 U.S. 574 · cited by 24,363
Miranda v. Arizona 384 U.S. 436 · cited by 24,213
Slack v. McDaniel 529 U.S. 473 · cited by 22,193
Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs. 56 L. Ed. 2d 611 · cited by 18,601
Erickson v. Pardus 127 S. Ct. 2197 · cited by 17,150
McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green 36 L. Ed. 2d 668 · cited by 16,585
Terry v. Ohio 20 L. Ed. 2d 889 · cited by 16,427
Miller-El v. Cockrell 16 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 77 · cited by 15,905
Thomas v. Arn 474 U.S. 140 · cited by 15,122
Brady v. Maryland 10 L. Ed. 2d 215 · cited by 14,263
Farmer v. Brennan 114 S. Ct. 1970 · cited by 14,185
Apprendi v. New Jersey 120 S. Ct. 2348 · cited by 13,838
Estelle v. Gamble 50 L. Ed. 2d 251 · cited by 13,659
United States v. Booker 125 S. Ct. 738 · cited by 13,295
Conley v. Gibson 2 L. Ed. 2d 80 · cited by 12,909
Haines v. Kerner 30 L. Ed. 2d 652 · cited by 12,391
Richardson v. Perales 28 L. Ed. 2d 842 · cited by 11,891
Neitzke v. Williams 104 L. Ed. 2d 338 · cited by 11,398
Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife 504 U.S. 555 · cited by 10,657
Harlow v. Fitzgerald 457 U.S. 800 · cited by 10,067
Coppedge v. United States 8 L. Ed. 2d 21 · cited by 9,908
Gall v. United States 128 S. Ct. 586 · cited by 9,901
Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. 81 L. Ed. 2d 694 · cited by 9,568
Chapman v. California 17 L. Ed. 2d 705 · cited by 9,346
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 113 S. Ct. 2786 · cited by 9,238
Erie Railroad v. Tompkins 58 S. Ct. 817 · cited by 9,030
Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of Narcotics 29 L. Ed. 2d 619 · cited by 8,636
Almendarez-Torres v. United States 118 S. Ct. 1219 · cited by 8,220
United States v. Olano 113 S. Ct. 1770 · cited by 8,139
Foman v. Davis 9 L. Ed. 2d 222 · cited by 8,080
International Shoe Co. v. Washington 66 S. Ct. 154 · cited by 8,025
Hensley v. Eckerhart 461 U.S. 424 · cited by 7,691
Heck v. Humphrey 114 S. Ct. 2364 · cited by 7,522
West v. Atkins 101 L. Ed. 2d 40 · cited by 7,454
Graham v. Connor 104 L. Ed. 2d 443 · cited by 7,267
Williams v. Taylor 120 S. Ct. 1495 · cited by 7,241
Link v. Wabash Railroad 370 U.S. 626 · cited by 7,181
Younger v. Harris 27 L. Ed. 2d 669 · cited by 7,105
Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 · cited by 7,068
Mathews v. Eldridge 47 L. Ed. 2d 18 · cited by 6,724
Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine 67 L. Ed. 2d 207 · cited by 6,556
Batson v. Kentucky 476 U.S. 79 · cited by 6,455
Biestek v. Berryhill 587 U.S. 97 · cited by 6,403
Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. 26 L. Ed. 2d 142 · cited by 6,381
Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth 33 L. Ed. 2d 548 · cited by 6,259
Blakely v. Washington 124 S. Ct. 2531 · cited by 6,237
Will v. Michigan Department of State Police 105 L. Ed. 2d 45 · cited by 6,213
Pearson v. Callahan 555 U.S. 223 · cited by 6,181
Mathews v. Weber 46 L. Ed. 2d 483 · cited by 6,060
Harrington v. Richter 131 S. Ct. 770 · cited by 6,012
Penson v. Ohio 488 U.S. 75 · cited by 5,983
Consolidated Edison Co. v. National Labor Relations Board 59 S. Ct. 206 · cited by 5,979
Katz v. United States 389 U.S. 347 · cited by 5,943
Glasser v. United States 62 S. Ct. 457 · cited by 5,941
United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs 16 L. Ed. 2d 218 · cited by 5,896
Scott v. Harris 127 S. Ct. 1769 · cited by 5,885
Wolff v. McDonnell 41 L. Ed. 2d 935 · cited by 5,849
Wong Sun v. United States 9 L. Ed. 2d 441 · cited by 5,831
Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America 8 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 93 · cited by 5,796
Anderson v. Creighton 97 L. Ed. 2d 523 · cited by 5,743
Crawford v. Washington 124 S. Ct. 1354 · cited by 5,644
Scheuer v. Rhodes 40 L. Ed. 2d 90 · cited by 5,629
Coleman v. Thompson 501 U.S. 722 · cited by 5,460
Anderson v. City of Bessemer City 84 L. Ed. 2d 518 · cited by 5,433
Boykin v. Alabama 23 L. Ed. 2d 274 · cited by 5,415
Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. 530 U.S. 133 · cited by 5,369
Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. 21 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 547 · cited by 5,315
Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp. 69 S. Ct. 1221 · cited by 5,234
Johnson v. Zerbst 58 S. Ct. 1019 · cited by 5,228
Welch v. Helvering 54 S. Ct. 8 · cited by 5,192
Bell v. Wolfish 60 L. Ed. 2d 447 · cited by 5,166
Barker v. Wingo 33 L. Ed. 2d 101 · cited by 5,133
Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz 85 L. Ed. 2d 528 · cited by 5,128
Schneckloth v. Bustamonte 36 L. Ed. 2d 854 · cited by 5,085
Denton v. Hernandez 112 S. Ct. 1728 · cited by 5,051
Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board 71 S. Ct. 456 · cited by 5,039
United States v. United States Gypsum Co. 68 S. Ct. 525 · cited by 4,895
In Re WINSHIP 25 L. Ed. 2d 368 · cited by 4,840
Bowen v. Yuckert 96 L. Ed. 2d 119 · cited by 4,828
Faretta v. California 45 L. Ed. 2d 562 · cited by 4,783
Kentucky v. Graham 87 L. Ed. 2d 114 · cited by 4,762
Jones v. Bock 549 U.S. 199 · cited by 4,738
Morrissey v. Brewer 33 L. Ed. 2d 484 · cited by 4,717
Warth v. Seldin 45 L. Ed. 2d 343 · cited by 4,715
Blockburger v. United States 52 S. Ct. 180 · cited by 4,632
Hill v. Lockhart 474 U.S. 52 · cited by 4,573
Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment 523 U.S. 83 · cited by 4,513
Sandin v. Conner 115 S. Ct. 2293 · cited by 4,469
Preiser v. Rodriguez 36 L. Ed. 2d 439 · cited by 4,423
Ex Parte Young 28 S. Ct. 441 · cited by 4,360
City of Canton v. Harris 103 L. Ed. 2d 412 · cited by 4,330
Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co. 70 S. Ct. 652 · cited by 4,303
Papasan v. Allain 478 U.S. 265 · cited by 4,212
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp. 74 L. Ed. 2d 765 · cited by 4,204
Mitchell v. Forsyth 472 U.S. 511 · cited by 4,135
Mapp v. Ohio 6 L. Ed. 2d 1081 · cited by 4,101
Coolidge v. New Hampshire 29 L. Ed. 2d 564 · cited by 4,080
Bruton v. United States 20 L. Ed. 2d 476 · cited by 4,019
North Carolina v. Alford 27 L. Ed. 2d 162 · cited by 4,000
Carnegie-Mellon University v. Cohill 484 U.S. 343 · cited by 3,984
Hudson v. McMillian 112 S. Ct. 995 · cited by 3,974
United States v. Leon 468 U.S. 897 · cited by 3,933
Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman 465 U.S. 89 · cited by 3,924
Rita v. United States 551 U.S. 338 · cited by 3,888
Woodford v. Ngo 126 S. Ct. 2378 · cited by 3,872
United States v. Wade 18 L. Ed. 2d 1149 · cited by 3,855
Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. 61 S. Ct. 1020 · cited by 3,852
Santosky v. Kramer 455 U.S. 745 · cited by 3,847
Carroll v. United States 45 S. Ct. 280 · cited by 3,847
Gideon v. Wainwright 372 U.S. 335 · cited by 3,841
Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael 526 U.S. 137 · cited by 3,792
Astrue v. Ratliff 560 U.S. 586 · cited by 3,748
Hudson v. Palmer 468 U.S. 517 · cited by 3,731
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan 11 L. Ed. 2d 686 · cited by 3,711
Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias 502 U.S. 478 · cited by 3,710
Kotteakos v. United States 66 S. Ct. 1239 · cited by 3,710
Estelle v. McGuire 502 U.S. 62 · cited by 3,707
Swierkiewicz v. Sorema N. A. 122 S. Ct. 992 · cited by 3,681
Franks v. Delaware 57 L. Ed. 2d 667 · cited by 3,624
Daniels v. Williams 474 U.S. 327 · cited by 3,556
World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson 444 U.S. 286 · cited by 3,548
Aguilar v. Texas 12 L. Ed. 2d 723 · cited by 3,547
St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks 7 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 553 · cited by 3,539
North Carolina v. Pearce 23 L. Ed. 2d 656 · cited by 3,512
Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. 463 U.S. 29 · cited by 3,501
Schlup v. Delo 115 S. Ct. 851 · cited by 3,465
Lewis v. Casey 116 S. Ct. 2174 · cited by 3,453
O'Sullivan v. Boerckel 119 S. Ct. 1728 · cited by 3,408
United States v. Bagley 87 L. Ed. 2d 481 · cited by 3,408
Imbler v. Pachtman 47 L. Ed. 2d 128 · cited by 3,387
Gregg v. Georgia 49 L. Ed. 2d 859 · cited by 3,371
Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc. 7 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 655 · cited by 3,357
Blum v. Stenson 465 U.S. 886 · cited by 3,345
Murray v. Carrier 477 U.S. 478 · cited by 3,329
Houston v. Lack 487 U.S. 266 · cited by 3,306
Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe 28 L. Ed. 2d 136 · cited by 3,302
Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle 50 L. Ed. 2d 471 · cited by 3,301
District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman 460 U.S. 462 · cited by 3,299
Rhodes v. Chapman 69 L. Ed. 2d 59 · cited by 3,210
Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins 26 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 128 · cited by 3,198
Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. Brown 520 U.S. 397 · cited by 3,149
Wilson v. Seiter 501 U.S. 294 · cited by 3,149
Payton v. New York 63 L. Ed. 2d 639 · cited by 3,114
Malley v. Briggs 475 U.S. 335 · cited by 3,109
Ornelas v. United States 116 S. Ct. 1657 · cited by 3,107
Turner v. Safley 482 U.S. 78 · cited by 3,075
Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co. 44 S. Ct. 149 · cited by 3,072
Brady v. United States 25 L. Ed. 2d 747 · cited by 3,042
Simmons v. United States 19 L. Ed. 2d 1247 · cited by 3,039
Spinelli v. United States 21 L. Ed. 2d 637 · cited by 3,038
Pierce v. Underwood 487 U.S. 552 · cited by 3,018
City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc. 473 U.S. 432 · cited by 3,001
Hanson v. Denckla 2 L. Ed. 2d 1283 · cited by 2,979
Whitley v. Albers 475 U.S. 312 · cited by 2,967
Caterpillar Inc. v. Williams 482 U.S. 386 · cited by 2,964
Parratt v. Taylor 451 U.S. 527 · cited by 2,962
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. White 19 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 326 · cited by 2,955
United States v. Diebold, Inc. 8 L. Ed. 2d 176 · cited by 2,929
Edwards v. Arizona 451 U.S. 477 · cited by 2,924
Chimel v. California 395 U.S. 752 · cited by 2,923
Wainwright v. Sykes 53 L. Ed. 2d 594 · cited by 2,922
Jackson v. Denno 12 L. Ed. 2d 908 · cited by 2,922
Whren v. United States 116 S. Ct. 1769 · cited by 2,920
Rizzo v. Goode 46 L. Ed. 2d 561 · cited by 2,919
Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp. 546 U.S. 500 · cited by 2,916
Giglio v. United States 31 L. Ed. 2d 104 · cited by 2,907
Brecht v. Abrahamson 507 U.S. 619 · cited by 2,904
Baker v. Carr 7 L. Ed. 2d 663 · cited by 2,899
Brinegar v. United States 69 S. Ct. 1302 · cited by 2,882
Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill 470 U.S. 532 · cited by 2,873
United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co. 363 U.S. 574 · cited by 2,869
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch 489 U.S. 101 · cited by 2,865
Delaware v. Van Arsdall 89 L. Ed. 2d 674 · cited by 2,847
Johnson v. United States 576 U.S. 591 · cited by 2,847
Stovall v. Denno 18 L. Ed. 2d 1199 · cited by 2,844
Neil v. Biggers 34 L. Ed. 2d 401 · cited by 2,841
Florida v. Royer 460 U.S. 491 · cited by 2,840
Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner 387 U.S. 136 · cited by 2,838
Edelman v. Jordan 39 L. Ed. 2d 662 · cited by 2,836
Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States 47 L. Ed. 2d 483 · cited by 2,834
Chambers v. Nasco, Inc. 111 S. Ct. 2123 · cited by 2,797
Albright v. Oliver 114 S. Ct. 807 · cited by 2,788
Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc. 13 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 37 · cited by 2,780
Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty. 20 L. Ed. 2d 811 · cited by 2,749
Jones v. Barnes 77 L. Ed. 2d 987 · cited by 2,748
Miller v. Alabama 132 S. Ct. 2455 · cited by 2,742
United States v. Agurs 49 L. Ed. 2d 342 · cited by 2,734
Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd. 551 U.S. 308 · cited by 2,729
National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Morgan 15 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 347 · cited by 2,723
Schmerber v. California 16 L. Ed. 2d 908 · cited by 2,719
Marbury v. Madison 2 L. Ed. 60 · cited by 2,715
Rakas v. Illinois 58 L. Ed. 2d 387 · cited by 2,712
Teague v. Lane 103 L. Ed. 2d 334 · cited by 2,703