Seth v. British Overseas Airways Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
329 F.2d 302 · 1964
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently March 2003 · most notably Prakash v. American University (1984), Gordon v. National Youth Work Alliance (1982)
23 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 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 St Paul Mercury Indemnity Co v. Red Cab Co · Gibbs v. Buck · Continental Ore Company v. Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation · Food Fair Stores, Inc. v. Food Fair, Inc. · 170 F. Supp. 422 - Flying Tiger Line, Inc. v. United States
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]s regards baggage or goods, the passenger or consignor shall have a right of action against the first carrier, and the passenger or consignee who is entitled to delivery shall have a right of action against the last carrier, and further, each may take action against the carrier who performed the transportation during which the destruction, loss, damage, or delay took place. .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Thus the Convention not only imposes liability on an air carrier for the loss of checked baggage but also gives a passenger whose baggage is lost a right of action to enforce that liability. Seth's action, therefore, seems clearly to be one arising under a treaty of the United States.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A statement that the transportation is subject to the rules relating to liability established by this convention.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.