The Komuk’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 3 district ·

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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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Barges and canal boats, when towed at a hawser two or more abreast, when in one tier, shall carry a white light on the bow and a white light on the stem of each of the outside boats; when in more than one tier, each of the outside boats shall carry a white light on its bow; and the outside boats in the last tier shall each carry, in addition, a white light on the outer afterpart of the stem. * * * “When barges or canal boats are massed in tiers and towed at a hawser, as is usual on the Hudson river, there shall be carried on the forward port side of the port boat of each tier a white light, and on. the forward starboard side of the starboard boat in each tier a white light, and on the after port side of the port boat in the stem tier a white light, and on the after starboard side of the starboard boat in the stern tier a white light. “The white bow lights for barges and canal boats referred to in the preceding rules shall be carried at least 10 feet and not more than 30 feet abaft the stem or extreme forward end of the vessel. On barges and canal boats required to carry a white bow light, the white light on bow and the white light on stem shall each be so placed above the hull or deck house as to show an unbroken light all around the horizon, and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night with a clear atmosphere at a distance of at least 5 miles.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mesick & Mesick Transp. Co. v. New York, N. H. & H. R.