Campbell v. H. Hackfeld & Co.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 federal appellate · 4 district ·

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

1. ““But this is by no means saying that a tort or injury in no way connected with any vessel, or its owner, officers, or crew, although occurring in such a place or territory, is for that reason within the jurisdiction of the admiralty.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hoof v. Pacific American Fisheries · Weinstein v. Eastern Airlines, Inc.

2. “It has * * * been doubted whether the civil admiralty jurisdiction, in cases of tort, does not depend upon the relation of the parties to some ship or vessel and embrace only those tortious violations of maritime right and duty which occur in relation to vessels to which the admiralty jurisdiction in cases of contract applies.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Weinstein v. Eastern Airlines, Inc.

3. ““The fundamental principle underlying all cases of tort, as well as contract, is that, to bring a case within the jurisdiction of a court of admiralty, maritime relations of some sort must exist, for the all-sufficient reason that the admiralty does not concern itself with non-maritime affairs.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. The James T. Furber