The Umbria’s Empirical Analysis
166 U.S. 404 · 1897
Citation profile
243 federal appellate · 150 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 547 later decisions (18 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2018 · most notably United States v. Reliable Transfer Co. (1975), Boston Sand & Gravel Co. v. United States (1928)
243 federal appellate · 150 district · 7 state decisions
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Second Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Alexandre v. MacHan · United States v. Pridgeon · The Nacoochee · The Ludvig Holberg
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 547 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The general concensus of opinion in "this country is to the effect that a steamer is bound to use only such precautions as will enable her to stop in time to avoid a collision after the approaching vessel comes in sight, provided such approaching vessel is herself going at the moderate speed required by law. In a dense fog this' might require both vessels to come to a standstill until the course of each was definitely ascertained. In a lighter fog it might authorize them to keep their engines in sufficient motion to preserve their steerage way.””
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““It has been said by this court, in respect to steamers, that they are bound to reduce their speed to such a rate as will enable them to stop in time to avoid a collision after an approaching vessel comes in sight, provided such approaching vessel is herself going at the moderate speed required by law.””
6 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. The Albany · The Sagamore“collision damages are limited to the value of the vessel, with interest thereon, and the net freight pending at the time of the collision.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.