Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co. v. Berry Brothers Oilfield Service, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
377 F.2d 511 · 1967
Citation profile
59 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 88 later decisions — most recently October 1986 · most notably Grigsby v. Coastal Marine Service of Texas, Inc. (1969), Dearborn Marine Service, Inc. v. Chambers & Kennedy (1974)
59 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 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 Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp. · Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. Hawn · Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co. · Halcyon Lines v. Haenn Ship Ceiling & Refitting Corp. · Italia Societa Azioni Navigazione v. Oregon Stevedoring Company
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 88 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(T)here simply exists no underlying tort liability upon which to base a claim against the employer.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“§ 905. (a) The liability of an employer prescribed in section 904 of this title shall be exclusive and in place of all other liability of such employer to the employee, his legal representative, husband or wife, parents, dependents, next of kin, and anyone otherwise entitled to recover damages from such employer at law or in admiralty on account of such injury or death. . . (b) In the event of injury to a person covered under this chapter caused by the negligence of a vessel, then such person, or anyone otherwise entitled to recover damages by reason thereof, may bring an action against such vessel as a third party in accordance with the provisions of section 933 of this title, and the employer shall not be liable to the vessel for such damages directly or indirectly and any agreements or warranties to the contrary shall be void. .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In return, the employee, and those claiming under or through him, are given a substantial quid pro quo in the form of an assured compensation, regardless of fault, as a substitute for their excluded claims.”
2 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.