The Willdomino v. Citro Chemical Co of America the Willdomino’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 8 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently May 2004 · most notably Jones v. the Flying Clipper (1953), American Tobacco Co. v. the Katingo Hadjipatera (1948)
1 federal appellate · 8 district · 4 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.
Relationships
Relies on St Johns Shipping Corporation v. S a Companhia Geral Commercial Do Rio De Janeiro · Constable v. National Steamship Co. · The Sarnia · Charles Pfizer & Co. v. Convoy S. S. Co. · The Citta Di Messina
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Nothing in the present bills of lading suggests that the vessel might wander about the sea, heading first for one port, and then without adequate reason for another. If the Willdomino had the privilege of going from Ponta Delgada to North Sydney and intended so to do, it was her duty to take the ordinary course. This she did not do.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. The San Giuseppe“The Circuit Court of Appeals [ 300 F. 5 ], we think, rightly held that the Willdomino made an inexcusable deviation from the permitted course when she went to North Sydney. Consequently she became liable as an insurer for any damage suffered by the cargo. [Cases cited.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. The Hermosa
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.