Scheuring v. Traylor Bros.’s Empirical Analysis
476 F.3d 781 · 2007
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 5 district · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Scindia Steam Navigation Co. v. De Los Santos · McDermott International, Inc. v. Wilander · Chandris, Inc. v. Latsis
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“separate the sea-based maritime employees who are entitled to Jones Act protection from those land-based workers who have only a transitory or sporadic connection to a vessel in navigation, and therefore whose employment does not regularly expose them to the peril of the sea.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The crux of the second prong of the 'seaman' test involves distinguishing land-based from sea-based employees by examining the employee's activities and duties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“that a gangway or ramp which is 'necessarily used for embarking or disembarking' becomes 'a basic appurtenance of the vessel.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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