Hellenic Lines, Ltd. v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis
345 F.2d 978 · 1965
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 5 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently September 2016 · most notably Novak v. World Bank (1983), 448 F. Supp. 622 - National American Corp. v. Federal Republic of Nigeria (1978)
12 federal appellate · 5 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 Erie Co v. Tompkins · Banco Nacional De Cuba v. Sabbatino · Swift & Co. Packers v. Compania Colombiana Del Caribe, S. A. · Underhill v. Hernandez · Ex parte Republic of Peru
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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“are to 'contribute to the development of friendly relations among nations' and 'to ensure the efficient performance of the functions of the diplomatic missions.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Whenever any writ or process is sued out or prosecuted by any person in any court of the United States, or of a State, or by any judge or justice, whereby the person of any ambassador or public minister of any foreign prince or State, authorized and received as such by the President, or any domestic or domestic servant of any such minister, is arrested or imprisoned, or his goods or chattels are distrained, seized, or attached, such writ or process shall be deemed void.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The person of a diplomatic agent shall be inviolable. He shall not be liable to any form of arrest or detention. The receiving State shall treat him with due respect and shall take all appropriate steps to prevent any attack on his person, freedom or dignity.”
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.