O'Leary v. Puget Sound Bridge & Dry Dock Co.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 federal appellate ·

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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Without reviewing maritime history, we may safely assume that building ways, upon which to construct ships and from which to launch them, necessarily antedated any form of dry dock in or upon which to repair the ships once constructed.” At 573-574.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. American Mutual Liability Insurance v. Neuman · Saif Corporation/oregon Ship v. Johnson

2. “death results from an injury occurring upon the navigable waters of the United States”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Motteler v. J. A. Jones Construction Co. · Saif Corporation/oregon Ship v. Johnson

3. ““The building way on which the accident occurred is a permanent shipyard structure located entirely on land which was designed and is used exclusively for new ship construction. To facilitate the launching of completed vessels, the outermost or seaward end of the building way extends into the water on an incline. The tide ebbs and flows around this outermost portion.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gretna Machine & Iron Works, Inc. v. Neuman