Kernan v. American Dredging Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
407 federal appellate · 62 district · 202 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 960 later decisions (37 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2022 · most notably Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc. (1970), Gillespie v. United States Steel Corp. (1964)
407 federal appellate · 62 district · 202 state decisions — followed in 24 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
reviewedSkovgaard v. The Vessel M/V Tungus (from Third Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 33 U.S.C. § 191 · 33 U.S.C. § 201 · 45 U.S.C. § 1 · 45 U.S.C. § 22 · 45 U.S.C. § 51 (Federal Employers' Liability Act) · 45 U.S.C. § 53 (Federal Employers' Liability Act) · 45 U.S.C. § 54 (Federal Employers' Liability Act)
Relies on Urie v. Thompson · Rogers v. Missouri Pacific Railroad · The Osceola · The Harrisburg · Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
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 960 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Congress intended the creation of no static remedy, but one which would be developed and enlarged to meet changing conditions and changing concepts of industry's duty toward its workers.”
27 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]ny seaman who shall suffer personal injury in the course of his employment.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“contributes in fact to the death or injury in suit, without regard to whether the injury flowing from the breach was the injury the statute sought to prevent.”
7 later decisions 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.