Weyher/Livsey Constructors, Inc. v. Prevetire’s Empirical Analysis
27 F.3d 985 · 1994
Citation profile
10 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently February 2011
10 federal appellate ·
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.
Relationships
Applies 33 U.S.C. § 902 · 33 U.S.C. § 903 · 33 U.S.C. § 907
Relies on Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Estate of Cowart v. Nicklos Drilling Co. · McDermott International, Inc. v. Wilander · Northeast Marine Terminal Co. v. Caputo · Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
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.
“[W]e should respect a reasonable interpretation of the LHWCA by the Director.... Absent clear congressional intent as to the proper construction of the LHWCA, we must give deference to the Director's reasonable and permissible interpretation.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Because the Director [of the OWCP] administers and enforces the LHWCA, this court defers to his interpretation [of that Act] unless it is unreasonable or contrary to Congressional intent.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“integral or essential part of loading or unloading a vessel.”
2 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.