Lauritzen v. Larsen’s Empirical Analysis
1953
Citation profile
985 federal appellate · 200 district · 141 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 2,399 later decisions (25 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2024 · most notably Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co. (1959), Hartford Fire Insurance Co v. California Merrett Underwriting Agency Management Limited (1993)
985 federal appellate · 200 district · 141 state decisions — followed in 20 states
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.
Appellate journey
reviewedTaylor v. Atlantic Maritime Co. (from Second Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. v. Northwestern Public Service Co. · Calmar Ss Corporation v. Taylor · Aguilar v. Standard Oil Co. · Farrell v. United States
Cited together with Hellenic Lines Limited v. Rhoditis · Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co. · Gulf Oil Corporation v. Gilbert · Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno · McCulloch v. Sociedad Nacional De Marineros De Honduras
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 2,399 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the most venerable and universal rule of maritime law[,] ... which gives cardinal importance to the law of the flag,”
24 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““ * * * Maritime law, like our municipal law, has attempted to avoid or resolve conflicts between competing laws by ascertaining and valuing points of contact between the transaction and the states or governments whose competing laws are involved. * * * ” 345 U.S. at 582, 73 S.Ct. at 928.”
23 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Except as forbidden by some public policy, the tendency of the law is to apply in contract matters the law which the parties intended to apply.”
17 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Yang v. M/V Minas Leo · 97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3187, 97 Daily Journal D.A.R. 5595 Govett American Endeavor Fund Ltd. v. Arthur I. Trueger, Berkeley International Capital Corporation Govett & Company Ltd, a Jersey, Channel Islands Corporation Berkeley Govett International Limited, a Jersey, Channel Islands Corporation
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.