Atlantic Transport Company of West Virginia v. Frank Imbrovek’s Empirical Analysis
234 U.S. 52 · 1914
Citation profile
278 federal appellate · 61 district · 141 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 728 later decisions (87 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2021 · most notably Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki (1946), Crowell v. Benson (1932)
278 federal appellate · 61 district · 141 state decisions — followed in 17 states
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedAtlantic Transport Co. of West Virginia v. Imbrovek (from Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on The Osceola · Grand Trunk Ry Co of Canada v. Ives · Siler v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad · Williamson v. United States · United States v. Wiltberger
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 728 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[L]oading and stowing a ship's cargo * * * is a service absolutely necessary to enable the ship to discharge its maritime duty. Formerly the work was done by the ship's crew; but, owing to the exigencies of increasing commerce and demand for rapidity and special skill, it has become a specialized service devolving upon a class `as clearly identified with maritime affairs as are the mariners.'”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The jurisdiction of courts of admiralty, in matters of contract, depends upon the nature and character of the contract; but in torts it depends entirely on locality.””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Every species of tort, however occurring, and whether on board a vessel or not, if upon the high seas or navigable waters, is of admiralty cognizance.””
4 later decisions 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.