Lewis v. Lewis & Clark Marine, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
93 federal appellate · 58 district · 59 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 469 later decisions (9 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2024 · most notably Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker (2008), Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker (2008)
93 federal appellate · 58 district · 59 state decisions — followed in 11 states
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
reviewedthe decision below (from Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals)
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1333 · 28 U.S.C. § 1445 · 28 U.S.C. § 41 · 46 U.S.C. § 10101
Relies on Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co. · Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc. · Langnes v. Green · Calmar Ss Corporation v. Taylor · Chelentis v. Luckenbach Steamship 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 469 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The district court secures the value of the vessel or owner’s interest, marshals claims, and enjoins the prosecution of other actions with respect to the claims. In these proceedings, the court, sitting without a jury, adjudicates the claims. The court determines whether the vessel owner is liable and whether the owner may limit liability. The court then determines the validity of the claims, and if liability is limited, distributes the limited fund among the claimants.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he district courts shall have original jurisdiction, exclusive of the courts of the States, of . . . [a]ny civil case of admiralty or maritime jurisdiction, saving to suitors in all cases all other remedies to which they are otherwise entitled.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a).... [T]he Liability of the owner of a vessel for any claim, debt, or liability described in subsection (b) shall not exceed the value of the vessel and pending freight. (b).... Unless otherwise excluded by law, claims, debts, and liabilities subject to limitation under subsection (a) are those arising from any embezzlement, loss, or destruction of any property, goods, or merchandise shipped or put on board the vessel, any loss, damage, or injury by collision, or any act, matter, or thing, loss, damage, or forfeiture, done, occasioned, or incurred, without the privity or knowledge of the owner.”
7 later decisions 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.