The Elton’s Empirical Analysis
142 F. 367 · 1906
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently November 1965
5 federal appellate · 4 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 Wyllie v. . Palmer · Kimball v. Cushman · The Slingsby · Clapp v. Kemp · Limited Liability Co. v. Starstrom
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In a case like the present, we think the true test of fellow servant is whether both are, at the precise time of the accident, working in a common employment under the same general control and direction.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. The Maud · The Thelma““That, if ordinary care was exercised by the master of the vessel to furnish a competent winchman, the vessel was not liable for an injury to a stevedore resulting from a negligent act of the winchman.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. The Maud · The Thelma“’ “If it furnished a competent winchman to do the work for the charterers, or stevedores employed by them, the ship is not responsible for an act of negligence, if any, on the part of the winchman during the loading, whether he should be deemed a fellow servant of the libelant or not.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. The Maud
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.