The Bound Brook’s Empirical Analysis

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5 federal appellate · 7 district · 5 state decisions

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

1. ““Is the case thus presented one of which the court may take jurisdiction, or is it one of which the German consul has exclusive cognizance under the treaty? Inasmuch as the libelants are none of them citizens of the United States, and the vessel libeled is foreign, the court is not bound to take jurisdiction. It will use its discretion whether to exercise jurisdiction or not. Where, as in this case, the voyage is ended, jurisdiction is usually exercised, in the absence of reasons to the contrary; and it may be exercised even against the protest of the consul. Such a protest, however, is always an important circumstance for consideration; but, if there are treaty stipulations with regard to the consul’s right to adjudge controversies arising between the master and crew, such stipulations are to be fairly and faithfully observed. The Belgenland, 114 U. S. 355 , 304, 5 Sup. Ct. 860 , 29 L. Ed. 152 ; The Becherdass Ainbaidass, 1 Lowell, 569, 572, 573, Fed. Cas. No. 1,203; The Pawashick, 2 Lowell, 142, Fed. Cas. No. 10,851.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. The Baker

2. “When the ‘crew’ of a vessel is referred to, those persons are naturally and primarily meant who are on board her aiding in her navigation, without reference to the nature of the arrangement under which they are on board.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. South Chicago Coal & Dock Co. v. Bassett