Lindgren v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
281 U.S. 38 · 1930
Citation profile
188 federal appellate · 70 district · 101 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 554 later decisions (47 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2019 · most notably Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc. (1970), Gillespie v. United States Steel Corp. (1964)
188 federal appellate · 70 district · 101 state decisions — followed in 23 states
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
reviewedUnited States v. Lindgren (from Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on The Osceola · Mondou v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad · The Harrisburg · Baltimore Co v. Phillips · Panama Co v. Johnson
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 554 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[S]such statutes 'were not a part of the general maritime law' and were recognized only because Congress had not legislated on the subject.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Calhoun v. Yamaha Motor Corp. · Lucien B. Calhoun Robin L. Calhoun, Individually and as Administrators of the Estate of Natalie K. Calhoun, Deceased v. Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Palmas Del Mar Company Palmas Del Mar, Inc. Palmas Yacht Club, Inc. Marina De Palmas Yacht Club, Inc. Maxxam Properties, Inc. Abc Corporation Xyz Partnership(s) Candelero Hotel Corporation Marina De Palmas Shipyard, Inc. Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. And Yamaha Motor Company, Ltd., in No. 93-1736 Lucien B. Calhoun Robin L. Calhoun, Individually and as Administrators of the Estate of Natalie K. Calhoun, Deceased, in No. 93-1737 v. Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. Palmas Del Mar Company Palmas Del Mar, Inc. Palmas Yacht Club, Inc. Marina De Palmas Yacht Club, Inc. Maxxam Properties, Inc. Abc Corporation Xyz Partnership(s) Candelero Hotel Corporation Marina De Palmas Shipyard, Inc““Any seaman who shall suffer personal injury in the course of his employment may, at his election, maintain an action for damages at law, with the right of trial by jury, and in such action all statutes of the United States modifying or extending the common-law right or remedy in cases of persoqnal injury to railway employees shall apply; and in case of the death of any seaman as a result of any such personal injury the personal representative of such seaman may maintain an action for damages at law with the right of trial by jury, and in such action all statutes of the United States conferring or regulating the right of action for death in the case of railway employees shall be applicable. * * *””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"[T]he laws of the several States were regarded as determinative of the liability of employers engaged in interstate commerce for injuries received by their employees while engaged in such commerce. But that was because Congress, although empowered to regulate that subject, had not acted thereon, and because the subject is one which falls within the police power of the States in absence of action by Congress." 281 U.S. at 45 , 74 L.Ed. at 692 , 50 S.Ct. at 210 , quoting In Re Second Employers Liability Cases, 223 U.S. 1, 54-55 , 56 L.Ed. 327, 348 , 32 S.Ct. 169, 177 (1912). (Citations omitted). [5]”
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.