The Britannia the Beaconsfield the Britannia v. Cleugh Same’s Empirical Analysis

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78 federal appellate · 39 district · 5 state decisions

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

1. “If two vessels under steam are crossing so as to involve risk of collision, the vessel which has the other on her own starboard side shall keep out of the way of the other.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. The Breakwater · The New York

2. ““It is said, if the Manhasset had advanced, instead of stopping, she would have cleared the steamship. This may or may not be true; but, if true, she is not in fault for this error of judgment. It was a question whether to advance, or to stop and back, and the emergency was so great that there was no time to deliberate upon the choice of modes of escape. In such a moment of sudden danger, caused by the misconduct of the Favorita, the law will not hold the pilot of the Manhasset, acting in good faith, guilty of a fault, if it should turn out, after the event, that he chose the wrong means to avoid the collision, unless his seamanship was clearly unskillful.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. The George L. Garlick

3. “and accordingly, ave reverse the three decrees, and remand the causes to the Circuit Court, with directions to enter decrees in accordance with this opinion, that both vessels avere in fault, and that the damages should be divided.”

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