Neterer v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
6 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 45 U.S.C. § 51 (Federal Employers' Liability Act)
Relies on Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc. · Boudoin v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. · Ross v. Steamship Zeeland · Lester 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Stepping down into the machine shop, I twisted my left leg and affected the muscles along side of the knee cap. I noticed a sharp pain at the time, but felt I would shake off the bruise or whatever did actually happen to the area of my knee cap •x- * * ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Two months prior to admission, while entering a room on board ship, on one step his left knee gave way and he fell to the deck.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The standard is not perfection, but reasonable fitness.”
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.