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Cases ranked by how many judgments in Pinpoint’s index cite them, with how many of those distinguished, doubted, did not follow or overruled them.

High Court of Australia · ranks 1–50

  1. 1 House v The King [1936] HCA 40 High Court of Australia 4,342 citing 4 negative
  2. 2 Briginshaw v Briginshaw [1938] HCA 34 High Court of Australia 3,164 citing 2 negative
  3. 3 Jones v Dunkel [1959] HCA 8 High Court of Australia 2,918 citing 8 negative
  4. 4 Project Blue Sky Inc v Australian Broadcasting Authority [1998] HCA 28 High Court of Australia 2,785 citing 6 negative
  5. 5 Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, Minister for v Wu Shan Liang [1996] HCA 6 High Court of Australia 2,712 citing 9 negative
  6. 6 Markarian v The Queen [2005] HCA 25 High Court of Australia 2,508 citing 6 negative
  7. 7 Oshlack v Richmond River Council [1998] HCA 11 High Court of Australia 2,226 citing 11 negative
  8. 8 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd [1986] HCA 40 High Court of Australia 2,191 citing 10 negative
  9. 9 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (NSW) [1964] HCA 69 High Court of Australia 2,085 citing 3 negative
  10. 10 Australian Broadcasting Tribunal v Bond [1990] HCA 33 High Court of Australia 2,077 citing 11 negative
  11. 11 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Yusuf [2001] HCA 30 High Court of Australia 1,750 citing 7 negative
  12. 12 Veen v The Queen (No 2) [1988] HCA 14 High Court of Australia 1,716 citing 1 negative
  13. 13 Muldrock v The Queen [2011] HCA 39 High Court of Australia 1,670 citing 3 negative
  14. 14 Aon Risk Services Australia Limited v Australian National University [2009] HCA 27 High Court of Australia 1,635 citing 8 negative
  15. 15 Pearce v The Queen [1998] HCA 57 High Court of Australia 1,558 citing
  16. 16 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v Li [2013] HCA 18 High Court of Australia 1,516 citing 8 negative
  17. 17 Fox v Percy [2003] HCA 22 High Court of Australia 1,476 citing 23 negative
  18. 18 Craig v South Australia [1995] HCA 58 High Court of Australia 1,391 citing 12 negative
  19. 19 Latoudis v Casey [1990] HCA 59 High Court of Australia 1,384 citing 1 negative
  20. 20 Plaintiff S157/2002 v Commonwealth of Australia [2003] HCA 2 High Court of Australia 1,335 citing 7 negative
  21. 21 Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wales [1982] HCA 24 High Court of Australia 1,322 citing 6 negative
  22. 22 Kioa v West [1985] HCA 81 High Court of Australia 1,205 citing 9 negative
  23. 23 Hili v The Queen [2010] HCA 45 High Court of Australia 1,194 citing
  24. 24 Bugmy v The Queen [2013] HCA 37 High Court of Australia 1,170 citing 2 negative
  25. 25 Ebner v The Official Trustee in Bankruptcy [2000] HCA 63 High Court of Australia 1,161 citing 5 negative
  26. 26 Coulton v Holcombe [1986] HCA 33 High Court of Australia 1,127 citing 4 negative
  27. 27 R v Olbrich [1999] HCA 54 High Court of Australia 1,119 citing 4 negative
  28. 28 Wong v The Queen [2001] HCA 64 High Court of Australia 1,044 citing 3 negative
  29. 29 Re Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs; Ex parte Lai Qin [1997] HCA 6 High Court of Australia 1,033 citing 4 negative
  30. 30 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZMDS [2010] HCA 16 High Court of Australia 1,026 citing 4 negative
  31. 31 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd [1981] HCA 45 High Court of Australia 1,021 citing 4 negative
  32. 32 Toll (FGCT) Pty Ltd v Alphapharm Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 52 High Court of Australia 984 citing 4 negative
  33. 33 Singer v Berghouse [1994] HCA 40 High Court of Australia 981 citing 3 negative
  34. 34 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Eshetu [1999] HCA 21 High Court of Australia 971 citing 4 negative
  35. 35 M v The Queen [1994] HCA 63 High Court of Australia 970 citing 3 negative
  36. 36 Re Refugee Review Tribunal; Ex parte Aala [2000] HCA 57 High Court of Australia 962 citing 3 negative
  37. 37 Dranichnikov v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs [2003] HCA 26 High Court of Australia 943 citing 14 negative
  38. 38 Dinsdale v The Queen [2000] HCA 54 High Court of Australia 929 citing 1 negative
  39. 39 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs; Ex parte Lam [2003] HCA 6 High Court of Australia 918 citing 8 negative
  40. 40 SZBEL v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2006] HCA 63 High Court of Australia 914 citing 6 negative
  41. 41 Dey v Victorian Railways Commissioners [1949] HCA 1 High Court of Australia 909 citing 3 negative
  42. 42 Byrne v Australian Airlines Ltd [1995] HCA 24 High Court of Australia 906 citing 7 negative
  43. 43 Chan v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs [1989] HCA 62 High Court of Australia 873 citing 3 negative
  44. 44 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Jia [2001] HCA 17 High Court of Australia 848 citing 2 negative
  45. 45 Abebe v Commonwealth [1999] HCA 14 High Court of Australia 844 citing
  46. 46 Mill v The Queen [1988] HCA 70 High Court of Australia 841 citing
  47. 47 Alcan (NT) Alumina Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Territory Revenue [2009] HCA 41 High Court of Australia 830 citing 1 negative
  48. 48 Spencer v Commonwealth of Australia [2010] HCA 28 High Court of Australia 826 citing 7 negative
  49. 49 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v O'Neill [2006] HCA 46 High Court of Australia 822 citing
  50. 50 Kirk v Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales [2010] HCA 1 High Court of Australia 821 citing 10 negative

Counts are judgments in this index citing the case, by neutral or report citation; one judgment counts once however often it cites the case. Treatment is read from the words of the citing sentence and is a guide only: open a case to see each citing judgment.