Coryell v. Phipps’s Empirical Analysis
317 U.S. 406 · 1943
Citation profile
243 federal appellate · 80 district · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 710 later decisions (12 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2018 · most notably Taylor v. Sturgell (2008), Bridges v. Wixon (1945)
243 federal appellate · 80 district · 16 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedCoryell v. Phipps (from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Just v. Chambers · Luckenbach v. W. J. McCahan Sugar Refining Co. · Providence Co v. Hill Manuf'G · La Bourgogne
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 710 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[f]or his own fault, neglect and contracts”
19 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[o]ne who selects competent men ... and who is not on notice ... cannot be denied the benefit of ... limitation.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““(a) The liability of the owner of any vessel, whether American or foreign, for any embezzlement, loss, or destruction by any person of any property, goods, or merchandise shipped or put on board of such vessel, or for any loss, damage, or injury by. collision, or for any act, matter, or thing, loss, damage, or forfeiture, done, occasioned, or incurred, without the privity or knowledge of such owner or owners, shall not * * * exceed the amount or value of the interest of such owner in such vessel, and her freight then pending.””
2 later decisions 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.