Republic of France v. French Overseas Corporation the Malcolm Baxter Jr’s Empirical Analysis
277 U.S. 323 · 1928
Citation profile
99 federal appellate · 38 district · 9 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 253 later decisions (20 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2017 · most notably Brady v. Southern Railway Co. (1943), Schnell v. The Vallescura (1934)
99 federal appellate · 38 district · 9 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
reviewedFrench Overseas Corp. v. French Republic (from Second Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Company v. Kellogg · The Caledonia · Federal Trade Commission v. Pacific States Paper Trade Ass'n · Southern Railway Co. v. Prescott · Simmons Creek Coal Co. v. Doran
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 253 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Both courts below agreed that the Baxter was unseaworthy on sailing, and that respondent failed to exercise due diligence to ascertain her condition before sailing. This was sufficient ground for denying the petition for exoneration and limitation of liability under the Harter Act (Act Feb. 13, 1893, c. 105, 27 Stat. 445 [46 USCA §§ 190-195; Comp. St. §§ 8029-8033, 8035]), and .acts permitting limitation of liability to the vessel and pending freight (R. S. §§ 4282-■4289 [46 USCA §§ 175, 182-188; Comp. St. .§§ 8020-8027]).””
1 later decision 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.