Manuel v. Paw Drilling & Well Service Inc’s Empirical Analysis
135 F.3d 344 · 1998
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently March 2020 · most notably Becker v. Tidewater, Inc. (2003), Fields v. Pool Offshore, Inc. (1999)
15 federal appellate · 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
Relies on McDermott International, Inc. v. Wilander · Chandris, Inc. v. Latsis · Offshore Company and the Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, Appellants v. Johnie M. Robison, Appellee-Appellant. Robison v. Offshore Company and the Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York · Southwest Marine, Inc. v. Gizoni · The Robert W. Parsons
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“transportation of passengers, cargo or equipment from place to place across navigable waters.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“subject to reassignment [to a non-seaman role or status] ... at some later time is of no moment”
2 later decisions 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.