Doucet v. Wheless Drilling Co.’s Empirical Analysis
467 F.2d 336 · 1972
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 3 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 80 later decisions — most recently December 2017 · most notably Trentacosta v. Frontier Pacific Aircraft Industries, Inc. (1987), Fisher v. Agios Nicolaos V (1980)
39 federal appellate · 3 district · 8 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 Gotthelf v. Commissioner · Panama Co v. Johnson · Royal Netherlands Steamship Co. v. Strachan Shipping Co. · South Chicago Coal & Dock Co. v. Bassett · O'Donnell v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock 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 80 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“power of the pleader to determine whether these historically maritime procedures shall be applicable to his claim or not; the pleader must be afforded some means of designating his claim”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Terry P. Murphy, Steven A. Murphy, as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Brendan M. Murphy, and as Parents and Natural Guardians of Steven A. Murphy, Jr., a Minor v. Florida Keys Electric Cooperative Association, Inc., Defendant-Third-Party-Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant v. Raymond Ashman, Iii, Individually and as Parent and Natural Guardian, of Raymond Ashman, Iv, a Minor Child, Third-Party-Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee, Steven A. Murphy, Sr., Third-Party-Defendants · Murphy v. Florida Keys Electric Cooperative Ass'n, Inc.“this action began at law, because it was filed without a statement identifying the claim as an admiralty claim, as provided by Rule 9(h)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Terry P. Murphy, Steven A. Murphy, as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Brendan M. Murphy, and as Parents and Natural Guardians of Steven A. Murphy, Jr., a Minor v. Florida Keys Electric Cooperative Association, Inc., Defendant-Third-Party-Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant v. Raymond Ashman, Iii, Individually and as Parent and Natural Guardian, of Raymond Ashman, Iv, a Minor Child, Third-Party-Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee, Steven A. Murphy, Sr., Third-Party-Defendants · Murphy v. Florida Keys Electric Cooperative Ass'n, Inc.“If, however, the trial judge erred in his summary dispositions on these limited issues, Wheless (the ship owner) still was allowed to introduce additional evidence at trial, and the court made painstaking findings, and then corrected findings, based on all the evidence. Indeed, Wheless has had several bites at the same apple.”
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.