Huson v. Chevron Oil Co.’s Empirical Analysis
430 F.2d 27 · 1970
Citation profile
32 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently May 2011 · most notably Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson (1971), Nations v. Morris (1973)
32 federal appellate · 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.
Appellate journey
Relationships
Relies on Linkletter v. Walker · Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc. · Cipriano v. City of Houma · Magna Oil Corp. v. Bateson · Royal Netherlands Steamship Co. v. Strachan Shipping 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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Never has this been more evident than in the maritime and quasi maritime area which is traditionally inbued with the laches doctrine and which presents a strong federal urge toward uniformity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“unlike death actions for which Art. 2315 prescribes both the right and time, non-death rights created by Art. 2315 find their time restrictions in Art. 3536.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“10. For precedential buoyancy Snipes, supra, is probably way below her Plimsoll marks even though the Court's reference is an oblique footnote”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Nations v. Morris
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.