Smith v. Havemeyer’s Empirical Analysis
32 F. 844 · 1887
Citation profile
6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently October 1926
6 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.
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.
““Such a wharf was plainly not a proper one, or In a proper condition below the water line to receive vessels for the discharge of cargo. The defendant, as the lessee and occupant of the wharf, is therefore prima facie chargeable with negligence. To exonerate himself, it was incumbent upon him to show reasonable care and examination in regard to the condition of the wharf and the slip.- No proof on this subject being adduced, the prima facie liability must stand, and the respondents held to answer for the damages.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Carroll v. Holway
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.