State v. Nabella’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki · Alaska Steamship Co. v. Petterson · The M/v 'Tungus' v. Skovgaard E · United New York & New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots Ass'n v. Halecki · Halecki v. United New York & New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots Ass'n
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Article 3. Death by Wrongful Act. § 8-633. Action for death by wrongful act. Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by the wrongful act, neglect, or default of any person or corporation, or of any ship or vessel, and the act, neglect, or default is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action, or to proceed in rem against such ship or vessel or in personam against the owners thereof of or those having control of her, and to recover damages in respect thereof, then, and in every such case, the person who, or corporation or ship or vessel which, would have been liable, if death had not ensued, shall be liable to an action for damages, or, if a ship or vessel, to a libel in rem, and her owners or those responsible for her acts or defaults or negligence to a libel in personam, notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although the death shall have been caused under such circumstances, as amount in law to a felony. * * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Weed v. Bilbrey
How this case has been treated — in progress
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