The Coldwater’s Empirical Analysis
283 F. 146 · 1922
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
May 1980
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Belknap v. Schild · Stanley v. Schwalby · The Siren · The Lake Monroe
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]t is apparent that the United States, in the maintenance and operation of the merchant marine, is not engaged in a purely commercial enterprise, but that, on the contrary, Congress conceived that the establishment and operation of the merchant marine was the exercise of a governmental function of the highest importance .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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