The Oceanica’s Empirical Analysis
144 F. 301 · 1906
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 5 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 1955
1 federal appellate · 3 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 The Barnstable · The Steamer Syracuse · Ralli v. Troop · Peter Harmony v. The United States · The Steamer Webb
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The -misconduct complained of was not the result of a breach of maritime contract. The injuries to the barge were sustained solely in conseguonce or the negligence of the towing steamer. And, according to the universally accepted doctrine, this action is brought ex delie to- against the ship, for which she may be held liable, irrespective of any responsibility that may arise as a result of a breach of contract. The Barnstable, 181, U. S. 465, 21 Sup. Ct. 684 , 45 L. Ed. 954 ; The Malek Adhel, 2 How. 210 [ 11 L. Ed. 239 ]; The Quickstep, 9 Wall. 665 [ 19 L. Ed. 767 ]; Ralli v. Troop, 157 U. S. 386 [ 15 Sup. Ct. 657 , 39 L. Ed. 742 ].””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. The Rose Reichert
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.