Richards v. Relentless, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
341 F.3d 35 · 2003
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 9 district ·
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Rhode Island District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Batson v. Kentucky · Hernandez v. New York · Calmar Ss Corporation v. Taylor · Garrett v. Co · Garrett v. Moore-McCormack Co.
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We hold, therefore, that the burden is upon one who sets up a seaman's release to show that it was executed freely, without deception or coercion, and that it was made by the seaman with full understanding of his rights.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Seamen are wards of admiralty, and their relationship with their employers is similar to the relationship between a beneficiary and fiduciary.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“`only if it (i) is "misleading, unduly complicating, or incorrect as a matter of law”
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.