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172 U.S. 186 · 1898
Citation profile
36 federal appellate · 39 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 112 later decisions (6 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2024 · most notably Florida Department of State v. Treasure Salvors, Inc. (1982), United States v. Bethlehem Steel Corp. (1942)
36 federal appellate · 39 district · 3 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 Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on The John G. Stevens · Post v. Jones · Houseman v. Cargo of the Schooner North Carolina · Good Intent Tow-Boat Co v. Atlantic Mut Ins Co of New York Atlantic Mut Ins Co of New York · Brooks v. Steamer Adirondack
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 112 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Where no such circumstances exist as amount to a moral compulsion, the contract should not be held bad simply because the price agreed to be paid turned out to be much greater than the services were actually worth.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The value of the ship is variously estimated at from $70,000 to $110,000, but the sum for which she was insured, £18,000, or $90,000, may be taken as her approximate value.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. The Shreveport““Had the agreement been made with less deliberation, or pending a peril more imminent, our conclusion might have been different.””
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.