The Brina P. Pendleton’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 5 district ·

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.

1. ““All services rendered at sea to a vessel in distress are salvage services. It is not necessary that the distress should be immediate and absolute; it will be sufficient, if, at the time the service is rendered, the vessel has encountered any damage or misfortune, which might possibly expose her to destruction, if the service was not rendered.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. The Alcazar · The Edilio

2. ““Any service or assistance applied for or received by a vessel in peril or distress which in any measure conduces to its safety is in the nature of salvage service.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. The Alcazar