Peter Harmony v. The United States’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

60 federal appellate · 25 district · 17 state decisions

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 206 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is not an uncommon course in the admiralty, acting under the law of ualions, io treat the vessel in which or by which, or by the master or crew thereof, a wrong or offense has been committed, as the offender, without any regard whatsoever to the personal misconduct or responsibility of the owner thereof, the necessity of the case Requiring it as the only adequate means of suppressing the offense or wrong, or.of insuring an indemnity to the injured parry.””

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. The Bulley · The W. G. Mason

2. “A pirate is deemed, and properly deemed, hostis bumani generis. But why is he so deemed? Because he commits hostilities upon the subjects and property of any or all nations, without any regard to right or duty, or any pretence of public authority.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. S. Kadic, on Her Own Behalf and on Behalf of Her Infant Sons Benjamin and Ognjen, Internationalna Iniciativa Zena Bosne I Hercegovine "Biser," and Zene Bosne I Hercegovine v. Radovan Karadzic, Jane Doe I, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated and Jane Doe Ii, on Behalf of Herself and as Administratrix of the Estate of Her Deceased Mother, and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Radovan Karadzic · Flores v. Southern Peru Copper Corp.

3. ““The ship is also, by the general maritime law, held responsible for the torts and misconduct of the master and crew thereof, whether arising from negligence or a willful disregard of duty; as, for example, in cases of collision and other wrongs done upon the high seas, or elsewhere within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, upon the general policy of that law, which looks to the instrument itself used as the means of the mischief, as the best and surest pledge for the compensation to the injured party.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. The Anaces · Marine Welding Services Inc. v. B-R River Services, Inc.