The 84-H’s Empirical Analysis
296 F. 427 · 1923
Citation profile
33 federal appellate · 12 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 79 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2018 · most notably Coryell v. Phipps (1943), Port Arthur Towing Co. v. John W. Towing, Inc. (1995)
33 federal appellate · 12 district ·
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 Providence Co v. Hill Manuf'G · La Bourgogne · Butler v. Boston & Savannah Steamship Co. · Wesley Richardson v. Judson Harmon · Norwich Company v. Wright
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 79 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]n a proceeding to limit liability ... the first [duty] is to ascertain whether any liability exists.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“There must be some fault or negligence on his part or in which he in some way participates.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“privity or knowledge must be actual and not merely constructive.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.