Hellenic Lines Limited v. Rhoditis’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
378 federal appellate · 72 district · 85 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,013 later decisions (12 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2026 · most notably Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Arabian American Oil Co. (1991), Chick Kam Choo v. Exxon Corp. (1988)
378 federal appellate · 72 district · 85 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.
Appellate journey
reviewedHellenic Lines Ltd. v. Rhoditis (from Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Relies on Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co. · Lauritzen v. Larsen · Continental Ore Company v. Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation · Bridges v. Wixon · McCulloch v. Sociedad Nacional De Marineros De Honduras
Cited together with Lauritzen v. Larsen · Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co. · Gulf Oil Corporation v. Gilbert · Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno · Chiazor v. Transworld Drilling 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 1,013 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The significance of one or more factors must be considered in light of the national interest served by the assertion of Jones Act jurisdiction.”
31 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“substantial and continuing contacts that this alien owner has with this country.”
29 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“another factor of importance in determining whether the Jones Act is applicable.”
12 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.