Nations v. Morris’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 33 U.S.C. § 905 · 33 U.S.C. § 933 · 43 U.S.C. § 1301 (Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act) · 43 U.S.C. § 1333
Relies on Crowell v. Benson · Mondou v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad · Reed v. Steamship Yaka · Cudahy Packing Co of Nebraska v. Parramore · Bradford Elec. Light Co. v. Clapper
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.
“a defense resulting from the nature of the obligation.”
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.