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The most-cited opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States on UpLaw — 21,259 decisions from 1781–2025, each with its treatment history and the cases that cite it.

Cullen v. Pinholster 22 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 904 · cited by 2,703
Rose v. Lundy 455 U.S. 509 · cited by 2,699
Goldberg v. Kelly 25 L. Ed. 2d 287 · cited by 2,696
Hickman v. Taylor 67 S. Ct. 385 · cited by 2,690
Escobedo v. Illinois 12 L. Ed. 2d 977 · cited by 2,676
United States v. Mendenhall 446 U.S. 544 · cited by 2,675
Liteky v. United States 114 S. Ct. 1147 · cited by 2,660
Landis v. North American Co. 299 U.S. 248 · cited by 2,658
County of Sacramento v. Lewis 118 S. Ct. 1708 · cited by 2,648
Puckett v. United States 129 S. Ct. 1423 · cited by 2,631
United States v. Frady 71 L. Ed. 2d 816 · cited by 2,624
Gagnon v. Scarpelli 36 L. Ed. 2d 656 · cited by 2,622
City of Chicago v. International College of Surgeons 11 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 271 · cited by 2,608
Stump v. Sparkman 55 L. Ed. 2d 331 · cited by 2,597
Taylor v. United States 109 L. Ed. 2d 607 · cited by 2,586
Amchem Products, Inc. v. Windsor 11 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 128 · cited by 2,584
Helicopteros Nacionales De Colombia, S. A. v. Hall 466 U.S. 408 · cited by 2,581
Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Construction Laborers Vacation Trust for Southern Cal. 77 L. Ed. 2d 420 · cited by 2,567
Pembaur v. City of Cincinnati 475 U.S. 469 · cited by 2,560
Wiggins v. Smith, Warden 123 S. Ct. 2527 · cited by 2,558
United States v. Cronic 80 L. Ed. 2d 657 · cited by 2,548
United States v. Cortez 66 L. Ed. 2d 621 · cited by 2,547
Townsend v. Sain 9 L. Ed. 2d 770 · cited by 2,525
Davis v. Alaska 39 L. Ed. 2d 347 · cited by 2,525
Picard v. Connor 30 L. Ed. 2d 438 · cited by 2,512
City of Los Angeles v. Lyons 461 U.S. 95 · cited by 2,504
Bousley v. United States 523 U.S. 614 · cited by 2,498
Roe v. Wade 35 L. Ed. 2d 147 · cited by 2,488
Baker v. McCollan 61 L. Ed. 2d 433 · cited by 2,477
Faragher v. City of Boca Raton 524 U.S. 775 · cited by 2,476
Alleyne v. United States 570 U.S. 99 · cited by 2,474
Porter v. Nussle 122 S. Ct. 983 · cited by 2,471
Stanley v. Illinois 31 L. Ed. 2d 551 · cited by 2,466
Lujan v. National Wildlife Federation 110 S. Ct. 3177 · cited by 2,433
Perry v. Sindermann 33 L. Ed. 2d 570 · cited by 2,429
In Re GAULT 18 L. Ed. 2d 527 · cited by 2,427
Powell v. Alabama 287 U.S. 45 · cited by 2,426
Connick Ex Rel. Parish of Orleans v. Myers 461 U.S. 138 · cited by 2,415
Santobello v. New York 30 L. Ed. 2d 427 · cited by 2,412
Jones v. United States 4 L. Ed. 2d 697 · cited by 2,406
Kyles v. Whitley 115 S. Ct. 1555 · cited by 2,380
Beck v. Ohio 13 L. Ed. 2d 142 · cited by 2,370
McMann v. Richardson 25 L. Ed. 2d 763 · cited by 2,359
Delaware v. Prouse 59 L. Ed. 2d 660 · cited by 2,332
Arizona v. Fulminante 111 S. Ct. 1246 · cited by 2,331
Cuyler v. Sullivan 446 U.S. 335 · cited by 2,322
Adams v. Williams 32 L. Ed. 2d 612 · cited by 2,315
First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co. 20 L. Ed. 2d 569 · cited by 2,313
Rhode Island v. Innis 446 U.S. 291 · cited by 2,307
Monroe v. Pape 5 L. Ed. 2d 492 · cited by 2,303
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes 22 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 1167 · cited by 2,303
Fay v. Noia 9 L. Ed. 2d 837 · cited by 2,300
Pioneer Investment Services Co. v. Brunswick Associates Ltd. Partnership 7 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 101 · cited by 2,296
Chambers v. Mississippi 35 L. Ed. 2d 297 · cited by 2,293
Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp. 544 U.S. 280 · cited by 2,287
Ohio v. Roberts 65 L. Ed. 2d 597 · cited by 2,267
M'culloch v. State of Maryland 4 L. Ed. 579 · cited by 2,259
Shalala v. Schaefer 509 U.S. 292 · cited by 2,248
United Steelworkers v. Enterprise Wheel & Car Corp. 363 U.S. 593 · cited by 2,242
Gisbrecht v. Barnhart 122 S. Ct. 1817 · cited by 2,241
Pace v. DiGuglielmo 18 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 250 · cited by 2,241
Mallard v. United States Dist. Court for Southern Dist. of Iowa 490 U.S. 296 · cited by 2,237
Daimler AG v. Bauman 571 U.S. 117 · cited by 2,234
Johnson v. United States 117 S. Ct. 1544 · cited by 2,229
Polk County v. Dodson 70 L. Ed. 2d 509 · cited by 2,224
General Telephone Co. of Southwest v. Falcon 72 L. Ed. 2d 740 · cited by 2,212
Wallace v. Kato 127 S. Ct. 1091 · cited by 2,207
Buckley v. Valeo 424 U.S. 1 · cited by 2,203
Troxel v. Granville 120 S. Ct. 2054 · cited by 2,191
Bounds v. Smith 52 L. Ed. 2d 72 · cited by 2,187
Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc. 55 L. Ed. 2d 570 · cited by 2,181
Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert 67 S. Ct. 839 · cited by 2,155
Burks v. United States 57 L. Ed. 2d 1 · cited by 2,151
International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States 52 L. Ed. 2d 396 · cited by 2,142
Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson 477 U.S. 57 · cited by 2,135
Paul v. Davis 47 L. Ed. 2d 405 · cited by 2,132
Manson v. Brathwaite 53 L. Ed. 2d 140 · cited by 2,126
Barefoot v. Estelle 77 L. Ed. 2d 1090 · cited by 2,123
Pointer v. Texas 13 L. Ed. 2d 923 · cited by 2,120
Neder v. United States 119 S. Ct. 1827 · cited by 2,110
Berger v. United States 55 S. Ct. 629 · cited by 2,109
Shepard v. United States 125 S. Ct. 1254 · cited by 2,099
Hope v. Pelzer 122 S. Ct. 2508 · cited by 2,098
Chambers v. Maroney 26 L. Ed. 2d 419 · cited by 2,079
Padilla v. Kentucky 130 S. Ct. 1473 · cited by 2,071
Boyd v. United States 6 S. Ct. 524 · cited by 2,067
Vaca v. Sipes 17 L. Ed. 2d 842 · cited by 2,067
Tolan v. Cotton 572 U.S. 650 · cited by 2,065
Helling v. McKinney 509 U.S. 25 · cited by 2,064
Federal Deposit Insurance v. Meyer 510 U.S. 471 · cited by 2,059
Furman v. Georgia 33 L. Ed. 2d 346 · cited by 2,058
Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp. 63 S. Ct. 454 · cited by 2,048
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society 44 L. Ed. 2d 141 · cited by 2,043
Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. 454 U.S. 464 · cited by 2,041
Hishon v. King & Spalding 467 U.S. 69 · cited by 2,038
Landgraf v. USI Film Products 511 U.S. 244 · cited by 2,033
General Electric Co. v. Joiner 118 S. Ct. 512 · cited by 2,033
Skidmore v. Swift & Co. 323 U.S. 134 · cited by 2,033
Holland v. Florida 22 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 437 · cited by 2,032
Griffin v. California 380 U.S. 609 · cited by 2,027
DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services 489 U.S. 189 · cited by 2,025
Berkemer v. McCarty 468 U.S. 420 · cited by 2,022
Mireles v. Waco 502 U.S. 9 · cited by 2,011
Cooter & Gell v. Hartmarx Corp. 110 L. Ed. 2d 359 · cited by 2,009
Stone v. Powell 49 L. Ed. 2d 1067 · cited by 2,007
Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp. 67 S. Ct. 1575 · cited by 2,005
United States v. Salerno 481 U.S. 739 · cited by 2,003
Ashe v. Swenson 397 U.S. 436 · cited by 2,003
First Options of Chicago, Inc. v. Kaplan 514 U.S. 938 · cited by 2,001
Allen v. McCurry 449 U.S. 90 · cited by 1,997
Pierson v. Ray 386 U.S. 547 · cited by 1,995
Doyle v. Ohio 49 L. Ed. 2d 91 · cited by 1,993
Martinez v. Ryan 566 U.S. 1 · cited by 1,989
Superintendent, Mass. Correctional Institution at Walpole v. Hill 472 U.S. 445 · cited by 1,978
At&T Technologies, Inc. v. Communications Workers 89 L. Ed. 2d 648 · cited by 1,977
Lindh v. Murphy 117 S. Ct. 2059 · cited by 1,976
Allen v. Wright 468 U.S. 737 · cited by 1,972
Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca 480 U.S. 421 · cited by 1,967
Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S. A. v. Brown 22 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 1305 · cited by 1,967
Bell v. Hood 66 S. Ct. 773 · cited by 1,966
Ross v. Blake 26 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 205 · cited by 1,959
Gerstein v. Pugh 43 L. Ed. 2d 54 · cited by 1,955
Wilson v. Garcia 471 U.S. 261 · cited by 1,947
United States v. Ventresca 13 L. Ed. 2d 684 · cited by 1,942
Sibron v. New York 20 L. Ed. 2d 917 · cited by 1,942
McQuiggin v. Perkins 569 U.S. 383 · cited by 1,940
New Colonial Ice Co. v. Helvering 54 S. Ct. 788 · cited by 1,939
United States v. Sokolow 104 L. Ed. 2d 1 · cited by 1,938
Brown v. Illinois 45 L. Ed. 2d 416 · cited by 1,937
Grayned v. City of Rockford 408 U.S. 104 · cited by 1,927
Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth 524 U.S. 742 · cited by 1,922
Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. 50 L. Ed. 2d 450 · cited by 1,920
Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co. 457 U.S. 922 · cited by 1,919
Griswold v. Connecticut 14 L. Ed. 2d 510 · cited by 1,912
Rhines v. Weber 125 S. Ct. 1528 · cited by 1,900
Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. 41 L. Ed. 2d 789 · cited by 1,900
Connick v. Thompson 22 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 887 · cited by 1,898
Witherspoon v. Illinois 20 L. Ed. 2d 776 · cited by 1,886
Broadrick v. Oklahoma 37 L. Ed. 2d 830 · cited by 1,885
Tennessee v. Garner 85 L. Ed. 2d 1 · cited by 1,883
Kingsley v. Hendrickson 576 U.S. 389 · cited by 1,880
Elrod v. Burns 49 L. Ed. 2d 547 · cited by 1,879
Pennoyer v. Neff 24 L. Ed. 565 · cited by 1,874
Griffin v. Illinois 76 S. Ct. 585 · cited by 1,872
Yick Wo v. Hopkins 6 S. Ct. 1064 · cited by 1,870
Weeks v. United States 34 S. Ct. 341 · cited by 1,868
United States v. Testan 424 U.S. 392 · cited by 1,868
Johnson v. United States 68 S. Ct. 367 · cited by 1,861
Booth v. Churner 532 U.S. 731 · cited by 1,853
McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. 298 U.S. 178 · cited by 1,853
Florida v. Bostick 501 U.S. 429 · cited by 1,852
Walden v. Fiore 571 U.S. 277 · cited by 1,848
Brown v. Board of Education 74 S. Ct. 686 · cited by 1,845
Lockett v. Ohio 438 U.S. 586 · cited by 1,843
Quern v. Jordan 59 L. Ed. 2d 358 · cited by 1,841
United States v. Nixon 41 L. Ed. 2d 1039 · cited by 1,839
Benton v. Maryland 23 L. Ed. 2d 707 · cited by 1,839
Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Co. v. Red Cab Co. 303 U.S. 283 · cited by 1,836
Napue v. Illinois 3 L. Ed. 2d 1217 · cited by 1,823
United States v. Young 470 U.S. 1 · cited by 1,823
Browder v. Director, Dept. of Corrections of Ill. 54 L. Ed. 2d 521 · cited by 1,822
Griffin v. California 14 L. Ed. 2d 106 · cited by 1,807
Holland v. United States 75 S. Ct. 127 · cited by 1,805
Reynolds v. Sims 12 L. Ed. 2d 506 · cited by 1,803
Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno 70 L. Ed. 2d 419 · cited by 1,803
Bell v. Cone 122 S. Ct. 1843 · cited by 1,797
Blackledge v. Allison 52 L. Ed. 2d 136 · cited by 1,789
Grogan v. Garner 498 U.S. 279 · cited by 1,786
Graham v. John Deere Co. of Kansas City 15 L. Ed. 2d 545 · cited by 1,785
Roviaro v. United States 1 L. Ed. 2d 639 · cited by 1,783
Koon v. United States 116 S. Ct. 2035 · cited by 1,783
Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin 40 L. Ed. 2d 732 · cited by 1,780
Singleton v. Wulff 49 L. Ed. 2d 826 · cited by 1,780
Gilbert v. California 18 L. Ed. 2d 1178 · cited by 1,778
Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore 58 L. Ed. 2d 552 · cited by 1,765
Dandridge v. Williams 25 L. Ed. 2d 491 · cited by 1,759
Hafer v. Melo 112 S. Ct. 358 · cited by 1,758
Illinois v. Wardlow 120 S. Ct. 673 · cited by 1,758
Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission 53 L. Ed. 2d 383 · cited by 1,756
Solem v. Helm 463 U.S. 277 · cited by 1,753
McNeil v. United States 113 S. Ct. 1980 · cited by 1,746
Strickler v. Greene 119 S. Ct. 1936 · cited by 1,734
Fuentes v. Shevin 32 L. Ed. 2d 556 · cited by 1,733
Griggs v. Duke Power Co. 28 L. Ed. 2d 158 · cited by 1,731
Califano v. Sanders 51 L. Ed. 2d 192 · cited by 1,730
United States v. Brignoni-Ponce 45 L. Ed. 2d 607 · cited by 1,725
Adkins v. E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co. 69 S. Ct. 85 · cited by 1,710
United States v. Ross 72 L. Ed. 2d 572 · cited by 1,706
Meachum v. Fano 49 L. Ed. 2d 451 · cited by 1,696
United States v. Marion 30 L. Ed. 2d 468 · cited by 1,696
McCarthy v. United States 22 L. Ed. 2d 418 · cited by 1,696
Hewitt v. Helms 74 L. Ed. 2d 675 · cited by 1,695
Cantwell v. Connecticut 60 S. Ct. 900 · cited by 1,689
Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs v. Sanders 556 U.S. 396 · cited by 1,681
Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins 490 U.S. 228 · cited by 1,678
Johnson v. New Jersey 16 L. Ed. 2d 882 · cited by 1,667
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida 9 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 484 · cited by 1,667
Bowles v. Russell 127 S. Ct. 2360 · cited by 1,661
United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. 103 L. Ed. 2d 290 · cited by 1,659
United States v. Sherwood 61 S. Ct. 767 · cited by 1,654