Thompson v. Winslow’s Empirical Analysis
128 F. 73 · 1904
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 11 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently May 1961
2 federal appellate · 11 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 Atlee v. Packet Co. · The "Margaret." · Clark v. Hancock · The Lady Pike · The Propeller Burlington
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The consignee of a cargo, having assumed by his contract the duty of furnishing towage, cannot relieve himself from liability for the maimer in which it is performed by the employment of the towing company, and is responsible to the vessel for any damage or injury erased by the negligent maimer in which the service is performed by such company.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. The Naos““The slightest departure from the highest skill and care is almost certain to be attended with loss, and, although the mere fact of trouble raises no presumption of fault, it does call for the sharpest scrutiny of all the attending circumstances.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.