Murphy v. Houma Well Service’s Empirical Analysis
409 F.2d 804 · 1969
Citation profile
990 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 1,024 later decisions — most recently August 1991 · most notably Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York (1970), The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. Shipman (1969)
990 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 Douglas v. Alabama · De Sylva v. Ballentine · Wenzler v. Pitchess · United States v. Grinnell Corp.
Cited together with Huth v. Southern Pacific Co. · Glasser v. United States · Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Leary v. United States · McAllister v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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““As the presumption of legitimacy is clearly applicable here, we come, then, to the question of determining its conclusiveness on the parties before the Court. The Civil Code provides generally that in cases in which the presumption is subject to attack, the presumed father, if he intends to dispute legitimacy, must institute an action to disavow paternity * * * within a prescribed period after the child is born or after he discovers its existence. Likewise, if the husband dies without having disputed legitimacy, his heirs are given a short time to make objection to the status of the child. In the instant ease, however, neither Edward Fontenot nor his mother resorted to the procedure afforded by statute. ****** “Accordingly, since neither Edward Fontenot nor his mother (and heir), Mrs. Eva Fontenot, instituted the requisite statutory procedures, under state law Romona Gail is conclusively presumed to be the child of Edward Fontenot. As his child, she is the statutory beneficiary under the Jones Act and is entitled to whatever recovery might be had for his death.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“§ 59. Survival of right of action of person injured Any right of action given by this chapter to a person suffering injury shall survive to his or her personal representative, for the benefit of the surviving widow or husband and children of such employee, and, if none, then of such employee's parents; and, if none, then of the next of kin dependent upon such employee, but in such cases there shall be only one recovery for the same injury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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