Western Gear Corp. v. States Marine Lines, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
362 F.2d 328 · 1966
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently March 2004
3 federal appellate · 1 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 Meredith v. The Ionian Trader · United States v. South Star · Singer Hosiery Mills of New York, Inc. v. Cunard White Star, Ltd. · J. Aron & Co. v. The Askvin · M. v. M., Inc. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]n any event the carrier and the ship shall be discharged from all liability in respect of loss or damage unless suit is brought within one year after delivery of the goods or the date when the goods should have been delivered.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[i]f the loss or damage is not apparent, the notice [to the carrier] must be given within three days of the delivery.”
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.