O'Hara v. Luckenbach Steamship Co.’s Empirical Analysis
269 U.S. 364 · 1926
Citation profile
73 federal appellate · 14 district · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 161 later decisions (9 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2010 · most notably McCrea v. United States (1935), Order of Railway Conductors of America v. Swan (1947)
73 federal appellate · 14 district · 14 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on In re Pacific Mail S. S. Co. · In re Meyer · Northern Commercial Co. v. Lindblom · Flint & P. M. R. Co. v. Marine Ins.
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 161 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ . . .if the act is one passed with reference to a particular trade, business, or transaction, and words are used which everybody conversant with that trade, business, or transaction, knows and understands to have a particular meaning in it, then the words are to be construed as having that particular meaning, though it may differ from the common or ordinary meaning of the words.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In addition to prescribing watch requirements, 46 U.S.C. § 8104 sets limitations on the working hours of credentialed officers and crew members, prescribes certain rest periods, and prohibits unnecessary work on Sundays and certain holidays when the vessel is in a safe harbor. It is the responsibility of the master or person in charge to ensure that these limitations are met. However, under 46 U.S.C. § 8104 (f), the master or other credentialed officer can require any part of the crew to work when, in his or her judgment, they are needed for (a) Maneuvering, shifting berth, mooring, unmooring; (a) Performing work necessary for the safety of the vessel, or the vessel’s passengers, crew, or cargo ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““That in all merchant vessels of the United States of more than one hundred tons gross, excepting those navigating rivers, harbors, bays, or sounds exclusively, the sailors shall, while at sea, be divided into at least two, and the firemen, oilers, and water tenders into at least three watches, which shall be kept on duty successively for the performance of ordinary work incident to the sailing and management of the vessel.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.