121 F. Supp. 85 - Wilson v. Transocean Airlines’s Empirical Analysis
1954
Citation profile
31 federal appellate · 15 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 91 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2003 · most notably Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City of Cleveland (1972), Offshore Logistics, Inc. v. Tallentire (1986)
31 federal appellate · 15 district · 8 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1333 · 28 U.S.C. § 1441
Relies on Southern Pacific Co. v. Jensen · The Harrisburg · Panama Co v. Johnson · Lambert Run Coal Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · General Inv Co v. Lake Shore & M S Ry 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 91 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default occurring on the high seas beyond a marine league from the shore of any State, or the District of Columbia, or the Territories or dependencies of the United States, the personal representative of the decedent may maintain a suit for damages in the district courts of the United States, in admiralty, for the exclusive benefit of the decedent’s wife, husband, parent, child, or dependent relative against the vessel, person, or corporation which would have been liable if death had not ensued.””
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The district courts shall have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the courts of the States, of: (1) Any civil case of admiralty or maritime jurisdiction, saving to suitors in all cases all other remedies to which they are otherwise entitled.” (Emphasis added).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the vessel upon which the wrongful act occurred was constructively part of the territory of the state,”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Offshore Logistics, Inc. v. Tallentire · Lucien B. Calhoun Robin L. Calhoun, Individually and as Administrators of the Estate of Natalie K. Calhoun, Deceased v. Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Palmas Del Mar Company Palmas Del Mar, Inc. Palmas Yacht Club, Inc. Marina De Palmas Yacht Club, Inc. Maxxam Properties, Inc. Abc Corporation Xyz Partnership(s) Candelero Hotel Corporation Marina De Palmas Shipyard, Inc. Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. And Yamaha Motor Company, Ltd., in No. 93-1736 Lucien B. Calhoun Robin L. Calhoun, Individually and as Administrators of the Estate of Natalie K. Calhoun, Deceased, in No. 93-1737 v. Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Palmas Del Mar Company Palmas Del Mar, Inc. Palmas Yacht Club, Inc. Marina De Palmas Yacht Club, Inc. Maxxam Properties, Inc. Abc Corporation Xyz Partnership(s) Candelero Hotel Corporation Marina De Palmas Shipyard, Inc
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.