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1939

Citation profile

7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
December 1955
most recently cited

2 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 33 U.S.C. § 221

Relies on Alexandre v. MacHan · The Victory & The Plymothian · The Umbria · Belden v. Chase · The Vlbert Dumois

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

  1. “the fault, and even the gross fault of one vessel, does not absolve the other from the use of such precautions as good judgment and accomplished seamanship require.”
    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.