Ottenheimer v. Whitaker’s Empirical Analysis
198 F.2d 289 · 1952
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 5 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2000 · most notably Midlantic National Bank v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (1986), University of Texas Medical Branch v. United States (1977)
15 federal appellate · 5 district ·
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
Applies 33 U.S.C. § 409 · 33 U.S.C. § 411
Relies on Dushane v. Beall · Lincoln Nat. Life Ins. v. Scales · Spalding v. Dickinson · Quinn v. Gardner
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an Act of Congress in the public interest.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It seems obvious to us that a rule which is not provided by statute but built up by the courts to facilitate the administration and distribution of assets of a bankrupt estate should not be extended to reach such an unreasonable and unjust result. The judge made rule must give way when it comes into conflict with a statute enacted to ensure the safety of navigation ...”
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.