Belden v. Chase’s Empirical Analysis
150 U.S. 674 · 1893
Citation profile
215 federal appellate · 70 district · 40 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 468 later decisions (18 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2019 · most notably Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. Hawn (1953), Southern Pacific Co. v. Jensen (1917)
215 federal appellate · 70 district · 40 state decisions — followed in 13 states
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 Gibbons v. Ogden · The Pennsylvania · Alexandre v. MacHan · Sherlock v. Alling
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 468 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Masters [of ships] are bound to obey the rules, and entitled to rely on the assumption that they will be obeyed....”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The doctrine in admiralty of an equal division of damages in the case of a collision between two vessels when both are in fault contributing to the collision, has long prevailed in England and this country. The Max Morris, 137 U. S. 1 . But at common law the general rule is that if both vessels are culpable in respect of faults operating directly and immediately to produce the collision, neither can recover damages for injuries so caused. Atlee v. Packet Co., 21 Wall. 389 .””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Rule 1. When steamers are approaching each other from opposite directions, the signal for passing shall be one short and distinct blast of the whistle to alter course to starboard so as to pass on the port side of the other, -and two short and distinct blasts of the whistle to alter course to port so as to pass on the starboard side of the other; “When two vessels are meeting end on, or nearly end on, °so as to involve risk of collision, the helms of both shall be put to port, so that each may pass on the port side of the other. “When an ascending steamer is approaching a descending steamer, the pilot of the ascending steamer shall give the first signal for passing, which shall be promptly answered by the same signal by the pilot of the descending steamer, if safe to do so, and both shall be governed accordingly; but if the pilot of the descending steamer deem it dangerous. to take the side indicated by the ascending steamer, he shall immediately signify the fact by sounding the alarm or danger signal of four or more short and rapid blasts •of the whistle, and it shall be the duty of the pilot of the ascending steamer to answer by a signal of four or more short and rapid blasts of the whistle, and the engines of both steamers shall be immediately stopped, and backed if necessary, until the signals for passing are given and answered. After sounding the alarm signal by both steamers, the pilot of the descending steamer shall indicate by his whistle the side on which he desires”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.