Pena v. DOVREFJELL’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co. · A/S J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi v. Commercial Stevedoring Co. · San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon · Porello v. United States
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[A]n implied warranty of workmanlike performance by a stevedore does not place upon him a duty to discover defects in the apparatus or equipment furnished by the vessel being loaded or unloaded which are not obvious upon a cursory inspection.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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