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365 F.2d 341 · 1966
Citation profile
112 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 144 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2013 · most notably Federal Marine Terminals, Inc. v. Burnside Shipping Co. (1969), Grigsby v. Coastal Marine Service of Texas, Inc. (1969)
112 federal appellate · 1 district · 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 Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki · Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp. · McAllister v. United States · In Re Disbarment of Isserman · Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co.
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 144 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although the charterer is to secure and pay for such port activities as pilotage, towage, port charges, including arrangements for loading and discharging of cargo, such activities if conducted by the ship or its crew do not become those for which the time charterer has an operational responsibility ... In the absence of circumstances which would give rise to a liability for actions taken by an independent contractor — none of which are present here — Time charterer has no responsibility to Ship-owner or to third persons including longshoremen for acts or omission or commission by the stevedores. Id.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“That the Captain shall prosecute his voyages with the utmost dispatch, and shall render all customary assistance with ship’s crew and boats. The Captain (although appointed by the Owners), shall be under the orders and directions of the Charterers as regards employment and agency; and Charterers are to load, stow and trim and discharge the cargo at their expense and risk under the supervision of the Captain, who is to sign Bills of Lading for cargo as presented, in conformity with Mate’s or Tally Clerk’s receipts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“That the Owners shall ... keep the vessel in a thoroughly efficient state in hull, machinery and equipment____” Clause 48 makes the owner responsible for side parts and ramps used to load and unload vehicles. Clause 65 makes the owner responsible to correct problems of the vessel which delay the longshoremen. Clause 71 provides:”
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.