Strathearn Co v. Dillon’s Empirical Analysis

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93 federal appellate · 30 district · 21 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 247 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “seamen on foreign vessels while in harbors of the United States,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. John Monteiro, Libelant-Appellant v. Sociedad Maritima San Nicolas, S.A. And the S.S. Euryviades, Her Engines, Boilers, Tackle, Appurtenances, Etc. · EMPRESA HONDURENA DE VAPORES v. McLEOD

2. ““§ 596. Time for payment; double wages recoverable “The master or owner of any vessel making coasting voyages shall pay to every seaman his wages within two days after the termination of the agreement under which he was shipped, or at the time such seaman is discharged, whichever first happens ; and in case of vessels making foreign voyages, or from a port on the Atlantic to a port on the Pacific, or vice versa, within twenty-four hours after the cargo has been discharged, or within four days after the seaman has been discharged, whichever first happens; and in all cases the seaman shall be entitled to be paid at the time of his discharge on account of wages a sum equal to one-third part of the balance due him. Every master or owner who refuses or neglects to make payment in the manner hereinbefore mentioned without sufficient cause shall pay to the seaman a sum equal to two days’ pay for each and every day during which payment is delayed beyond the respective periods, which sum shall be recoverable as wages in any claim made before the court; but this section shall not apply to masters or owners of any vessel the seamen of which are entitled to share in the profits of the cruise or voyage. This section shall not apply to fishing or whaling vessels or yachts. B.S. § 4529; Dec. 21, 1898, c. 28, §§ 4, 26, 30 Stat. 756 , 764; Mar. 4, 1915, c. 153, § 3, 38 Stat. 1164 .” “§ 597. Payment at ports “Every seaman on a vessel of the United States shall be entitled to receive on demand ”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 159 F. Supp. 725 - Bilbao v. M/S Ciudad De Ibague

3. ““We come, then, to consider the contention that this construction renders the statute unconstitutional, as being.destructive of contract rights. But we think this contention must be decided adversely to the petitioner upon the authority of previous eases in this court. The matter was fully considered in Patterson v. The Eudora, 190 U. S. 169 , 23 S. Ct. 821 , 47 L. Ed. 1002 , in which the previous decisions of this court were reviewed, and the conclusion reached that the jurisdiction of this government over foreign merchant vessels in our ports was such as to give authority to Congress to make provisions of the character now under consideration; that it was for this government to determine upon what terms and conditions vessels of other countries might be permitted to enter our harbors, and to impose conditions upon the shipment of sailors in our own ports, and make them applicable to foreign as well as domestic vessels. Upon the authority of that case, and others cited in the opinion therein, we have no doubt as to the authority of Congress to pass a statute of this sort, applicable to foreign vessels in our ports, and controlling the employment and payment of seamen as a condition of the right of such foreign vessels to enter and use the ports of the United States.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Compagnie Générale Transatlantique v. American Tobacco Co.