The J. C. Pfluger’s Empirical Analysis
109 F. 93 · 1901
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently June 2015
2 federal appellate · 6 district ·
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 McConnochie v. Kerr · Murphy v. Suliote · The Egypt · Oteri v. New Orleans · Compagnie Commerciale de Transport a Vapeur Francaise v. Charente Steamship Co.
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A salvage service is a service which is voluntarily rendered to a vessel needing assistance, and is designed to relieve her from some distress of danger either present or to be reasonably apprehended. A towage service is one which is rendered for the mere purpose of expediting her voyage, without reference to any circumstances of danger.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. The Flottbek · The S. C. Schenk
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.