Smith v. Olsen & Ugelstad’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp. · Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc. · Gutierrez v. Waterman Steamship Corp. · Usner v. Luckenbach Overseas Corp. · Usner v. Luckenbach Overseas Corp.
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The death case . . . is governed by references to, but not by, the Death on the High Seas Act.”
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.