Porteous v. . Williams’s Empirical Analysis
1889
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
March 1904
most recently cited
2 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Lowber v. Bangs
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Tbe express agreement of the owner required the ship, after discharging the cargo then on board with ‘all convenient speed,’ to sail and proceed to the port of the charterer. No deviation was provided for, nor detention for any cause, save the necessary delay of unloading.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. The Hercules
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.