United States v. DeVane’s Empirical Analysis
306 F.2d 182 · 1962
Citation profile
28 federal appellate · 5 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 60 later decisions — most recently May 2006 · most notably 31 Ill. 2d 69 - Nelson v. Union Wire Rope Corp. (1964), United Air Lines, Inc. v. Wiener (1964)
28 federal appellate · 5 district · 8 state decisions
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 Indian Towing Company v. United States · Rayonier Incorporated v. United States a Arnhold · Michigan National Bank v. Michigan · Aetna Insurance v. Paddock · United States v. Gavagan
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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[b]ut having undertaken the rescue and engendering reliance thereon, the obligation arose to use reasonable care in carrying out the rescue”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The Coast Guard need not undertake the lighthouse service. But once it exercised its discretion to operate a light * * * and engendered reliance on the guidance afforded by the light, it was obligated to use due care to make certain that the light was kept in good working order; and, if the light did become extinguished, then the Coast Guard was further obligated to use due care to discover this fact and to repair the light or give warning that it was not functioning. If the Coast Guard failed in its duty and damage was thereby caused to petitioners, the United States is liable * ( 350 U.S. at p. 69 , 76 S.Ct. at pp. 126-127)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“whenever the death of a person shall be caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default occurring on the high seas beyond a marine league from the shore of any state.... [TJhe personal representative of the decedent may maintain a suit for damages in the district courts of the United States, in admiralty, ... against the vessel, person, or corporation which would have been liable if death had not ensued.”
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.