Gravatt v. City of New York’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions

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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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “First, before turning over the ship or any portion of it to the stevedore [or other contractor employing non-longshoring harbor workers], the vessel owner must exercise `ordinary care under the circumstances to have the ship and its equipment in such condition that an expert and experienced stevedore will be able by the exercise of reasonable care to carry on its cargo operations with reasonable safety.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. In Re Complaint of Wepfer Marine, Inc. for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability · O'Hara v. Weeks Marine, Inc.

2. “It therefore appears that the Scindia tests for vessel negligence ... cannot fully serve as the test for the negligence of a dual-capacity defendant in its vessel capacity....”); Morehead v. Atkinson-Kiewit, J/V, 97 F.3d 603, 610 (1st Cir.1996) (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 543 F. Supp. 2d 563 - Short v. Manson Gulf, L.L.C.

3. “any person engaged in maritime employment, including any longshoreman or other person engaged in longshoring operations, and any harbor-worker including a ship repairman, shipbuilder, and ship-breaker....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. O'Hara v. Weeks Marine, Inc.