Horton v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
326 F.2d 104 · 1964
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently June 1989 · most notably United States v. Lease (1965), Harris v. Smith (1967)
18 federal appellate · 1 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.
Relationships
Relies on Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp. · Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co. · Boudoin v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. · General Reinsurance Corp. v. Commissioner · Knell v. Feltman
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The liability of Moore-McCormack to Horton is based wholly upon the injuries inflicted on Horton by Rivera. There is no evidence which would support any liability of Moore-McCormack which does not arise from Rivera's attack on Horton. * * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“in hiring Rivera, in laxity of discipline which permitted this attack on Horton and in failing to halt that attack.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“implied agreement * * * to perform his duties in a proper and seamanlike manner.”
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.