Cates v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

45 federal appellate · 1 district · 4 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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “that the damages assessed against him have in fact and in actuality been previously covered in a prior settlement....”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. McFarland & Tondre v. Texas General · Wood v. Diamond M Drilling Co.

2. “is upon one who sets up a seaman’s release to show that it was executed freely, without deception or coercion, and that it was made by the seaman with full understanding of his rights. The adequacy of the consideration and the nature of the medical and legal advice available to the seaman at the time of signing the release are relevant to an appraisal of this understanding. (emphasis omitted)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Charpentier v. Fluor Ocean Services, Inc. · Gibson & Cushman Dredging Corp. v. Healey (In Re Gibson & Cushman Dredging Corp.)

3. “[a] court of admiralty is, as to all matters falling within its jurisdiction, a court of equity. Its hands are not tied up by the rigid and technical rules of the common law, but it administers justice upon the large and liberal principles of courts which exercise a general equity jurisdiction.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 120 F. Supp. 2d 595 - Dynamic Marine Consortium, S.A. v. M/V Latini · 331 F. Supp. 3d 557 - Williams v. Trinity Med. Mgmt., L.L.C.