Mobil Shipping and Transportation Company v. Wonsild Liquid Carriers Ltd’s Empirical Analysis
190 F.3d 64 · 1999
Citation profile
20 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently February 2025 · most notably Oscar Gruss & Son, Inc. v. Hollander (2003), Sc Johnson Son Inc v. The Clorox Company (2001)
20 federal appellate ·
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 Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · The Silvia · Lopresti v. Terwilliger · Nichimen Company, Inc. v. M. v. Farland, Her Engines, Boilers, Etc., and A/s Vigra, Defendants-Appellants-Appellees v. Seaboard Shipping Co., Ltd. · In re the Vessel Marine Sulphur Queen
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The test of seaworthiness is whether the vessel is reasonably fit to carry the cargo which she has undertaken to transport.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“if we are able to discern enough solid facts from the record to permit us to render a decision.”
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.