The Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York v. C/b Mr. Kim, Its Engines, Etc.’s Empirical Analysis
345 F.2d 45 · 1965
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 1990 · most notably Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson (1971), Gibboney v. Wright (1975)
29 federal appellate · 2 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 Erie Co v. Tompkins · Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki · Kermarec v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique · Reed v. Steamship Yaka · Continental Grain Company v. The Fbl-585
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A weak excuse might suffice if there has been no prejudice; an exceedingly good one might still do even when there has been some.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The following actions are also prescribed by one year: That for injurious words, whether verbal or written, and that for damages caused by animals, or resulting from offenses or quasi offenses. * * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“"That being so, the forum here is the Federal District Court in which the equitable doctrine of laches, not prescription, is controlling to a maritime claim."”
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.