Aldridge v. States Marine Corp.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 1 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In each case, in Halecki and in this one, it could be .said, in view of the risky procedures adopted by the subcontractor or the stevedoring company, as the Supreme Court did in the Halecki case: ‘It was for the triers of fact to determine whether the defendants were responsibly negligent in permitting or authorizing the method or manner of (their) use.’ * * * * * -» “ * * * Had the facts here been developed through a pretrial conference, or on trial, the degree of knowledge which the ship’s officers had, after they refused further to furnish the carpenter and his hammers, that a less safe method was in use, would have been made apparent for evaluation by the judge and jury.” * * F.2d at pages 556-557.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 192 F. Supp. 462 - O'LEARY v. James & Wunderlich

2. ““It was for the triers of fact to determine whether the defendants were responsibly negligent in permitting or authorizing the method - or manner of [their] use.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 186 F. Supp. 668 - Knox v. United States Lines Co.