Scott v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
399 F.2d 14 · 1967
Citation profile
23 federal appellate · 6 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 60 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2021 · most notably Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City of Cleveland (1972), Victory Carriers, Inc. v. Law (1971)
23 federal appellate · 6 district · 5 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1333 · 33 U.S.C. § 901 · 33 U.S.C. § 909
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · International Shoe Co. v. Washington · Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · McGee v. International Life Insurance · Richards v. United States
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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[M]aritime principles will govern the tort aspects of the case, since admiralty standards define liability for a maritime tort, whether the proceeding is instituted in admiralty or on the law side of the court.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the maritime character of the tort brings the controversy under the governance of federal law and it is immaterial whether admiralty or diversity jurisdiction is relied upon as justification for suing in the federal forum. Obviously, a court thus undertaking to apply federal substantive law would have no occasion to defer to or apply state choice of law rules.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“a more significant relationship with the occurrence and the parties as to the particular issue involved.”
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.