London Assurance v. Companhia De Moagens Do Barreiro’s Empirical Analysis
167 U.S. 149 · 1897
Citation profile
71 federal appellate · 30 district · 41 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 172 later decisions (8 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2024 · most notably Wilburn Boat Company v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company (1955), Philadelphia Co. v. Stimson (1912)
71 federal appellate · 30 district · 41 state decisions — followed in 18 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Third Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Liverpool & Great Western Steam Co. v. Phenix Insurance · Scudder v. Union National Bank · National Bank v. Insurance Co. · Andrews v. Pond
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 172 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Generally speaking, the law of the place where the contract is to be performed is the law which governs as to its validity and interpretation. Story in his work on Conflict of Laws, § 280, says: ‘But where the contract is, either expressly or tacitly, to be performed in any other place where the general rule is, in conformity to the presumed intention of the parties, that the contract, as to its validity, nature, obligation and interpretation, is to be governed by the law of the place of performance. This would seem to be a result of natural justice.’ ””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"* * * we think that the vessel was `in collision,' within the meaning of the language used in the certificate, * * *. It was not necessary that the vessel should itself be in motion at the time of the collision. If, while anchored in the harbor, a vessel is run into by another vessel, it would certainly be said that the two vessels had been in collision, although one was at anchor and the other was in motion."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““(a) Claims to be adjusted according to the usages of Lloyds, and the special conditions of this insurance.” “(h) Free of particular average unless vessel he stranded, sunk, burned or in collision with another vessel.” “(c) Insured under policy No. 1,236. * * * It is understood and agreed that this certificate represents and takes the place of the policy, and conveys all the rights of the original policy holder for the purpose of collecting any loss or claim, as fully as if covered by a special policy direct to the holder of this certificate.””
1 later decision 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.