Miami Structural Iron Corp. v. CIE Nationale Belge De T.M.’s Empirical Analysis
224 F.2d 566 · 1955
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently October 1987
11 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 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 Waterman S. S. Corp. v. United States Smelting, Refining & Mining Co. · Galveston Wharf Co. v. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Co. · Waterman Steamship Corp. v. U. S. Smelting, Refining & Mining Co. · E. Gerli & Co. v. Cunard S. S. Co. · North American Smelting Co. v. Moller S. S. Co.
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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(6) Unless notice of loss or damage and the general nature of such loss or damage be given in writing to the carrier or his agent at the port of discharge before or at the time of the removal of the goods into the custody of the person entitled to delivery thereof under the contract of carriage, such removal shall be prima facie evidence of the delivery by the carrier of the goods as described in the bill of lading. If the loss or damage is not apparent, the notice must be given within three days of the delivery.””
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““In the case of any actual or apprehended loss or damage the carrier and the receiver shall give all reasonable facilities to each other for inspecting and tallying the goods.””
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.