Mavromatis v. United Greek Shipowners Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
179 F.2d 310 · 1949
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2000 · most notably Griffin v. Oceanic Contractors, Inc. (1982), U. S. Bulk Carriers, Inc. v. Arguelles (1971)
29 federal appellate · 2 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.
Relationships
Relies on Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. v. McAllister · Lewis v. Reynolds · Collie v. Fergusson · Strathearn Co v. Dillon · McCrea 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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]hese paternalistic provisions in favor of seamen ... were designed to protect from overreaching a generally impecunious and improvident class of persons, and to insure that seamen will not be turned ashore with little or nothing”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The master or owner of any vessel making coasting voyages shall pay to every seaman his wages within two days after the termination of the agreement under which he was shipped, or at the time such seaman is discharged, whichever first happens; and in case of vessels making foreign voyages, or from a port on the Atlantic to a port on the Pacific, or vice versa, within twenty-four hours after the cargo has been discharged, or within four days after the seaman has been discharged, whichever first happens; and in all cases the seaman shall be entitled to be paid at the time of his discharge on account of wages a sum equal to one-third part of the balance due him. Every master or owner who refuses or neglects to make payment in the manner hereinbefore mentioned without sufficient cause shall pay to the seaman a sum equal to two days' pay for each and every day during which payment is delayed beyond the respective periods, which sum shall be recoverable as wages in any claim made before the court; but this section shall not apply to masters or owners of any vessel the seamen of which are entitled to share in the profits of the cruise or voyage. This section shall not apply to fishing or whaling vessels or yachts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““It is settled that § 599(a) applies to foreign vessels to the extent only that such prohibited advances were made in ports of the United States. Sandberg v. McDonald, 1918, 248 U.S. 185 , 39 S.Ct. 84 , 63 L.Ed. 200 ; Jackson v. S. S. Archimedes, 1928, 275 U.S. 463 , 48 S.Ct. 164 , 72 L.Ed. 374 .” 179 F.2d at 316 .”
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.