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103 U.S. 298 · 1880
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 18 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 1969 · most notably The Servia the Noordland Nichels v. The Servia (1893), West India Oil Co. v. Compania Transatlantica De Barcelona (1924)
19 federal appellate · 18 district · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on the "Abbotsford"
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““But the sailing vessel is under just the same responsibility to keep her course, if she can, and not embarrass the steamer while passing by any new movement. The steamer has the right to rely on this as an imperative rule for a sailing vessel, and govern herself accordingly. ””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Because a steamer must keep out of tbe way of a sailing vessel, It by no means follows that a sailing vessel may unnecessarily throw herself across the bow of an approaching steamer. It is as much the duty of the sailing vessel to be diligent in the performance of her duty as it is that of a steamer to be mindful of hers.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.