Riggs v. Orion’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 4 district ·

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

1. ““These witnesses are interested. Swearing to exculpate themselves. 1 have yet to meet with an instance of collision where witnesses from the vessel in fault did not testify to a faithful discharge of their duties, and to the faultlessness of their vessel.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. The Henry O. Barrett

2. ““Ho [the captain] says that ho was unaware of the state of the tide, which tended to carry the barge upward. This was inexcusable ignorance, for which, also, his vessel must answer.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Smith v. Occidental & Oriental Steamship Co.