The Lizzie M. Walker’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 7 district ·

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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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The unexplained close and obviously dangerous approach of the steamer to the tug with no reduction of speed, the disregard of the tug’s towing lights, the course of the steamer astern of the tug, the right angle collision with the scow taken together, show a reckless disregard of the rules of safety on the part of the steamer. This recklessness, and not the absence of another light on the scow, brought about the collision. The fault of the steamer being so gross, and so manifestly the cause of the collision, any doubt of the contribution of the fault of the tug for the collision should be solved in its favor. The Victory & The Plymothian, 168 U.S. 410, 423 , 18 S.Ct. 149 , 42 L.Ed. 519 ; The Umbria, 166 U.S. 404, 409 , 17 S.Ct. 610 , 41 L.Ed. 1053 .” 3 F.2d at 922 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 342 F. Supp. 216 - Moran Scow Corporation v. SS BOSTON

2. ““The owner of the tug had contracted to transport the scow and to take entire charge of its navigation. Under such circumstances the owner of the scow was responsible for its seaworthiness; the tug was responsible for the navigation of the scow and for placing lights necessary for its safety and the safety of other vessels.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 310 F. Supp. 775 - Bethlehem Steel Corp. v. Isthmian Lines, Inc.

3. “necessary for its safety and the safety of other vessels.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tebbs v. Baker-Whiteley Towing Co.