Miller Export Corp. v. Hellenic Lines, Ltd.’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
12 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently March 2012 · most notably Colgate Palmolive Company v. S/s Dart Canada & Lansdell Protective Agency Inc (1983), Davis Elliott International, Inc. v. Pan American Container Corp. (1983)
12 federal appellate ·
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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on Robert Herd Company v. Krawill Machinery Corporation · Robert C. Herd & Co. v. Krawill Machinery Corp. · Tosho Bussan Kaisha, Ltd. v. American President Lines, Ltd. · Stanley v. A. L. Stamm & Co · Mackey v. United States
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]his Court has held that the exclusive application of COGSA cannot be avoided by couching claims in terms of negligence or other common law causes of action.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the period from the time when the goods are loaded on to the time when they are discharged from the ship”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Seguros "Illimani" S.A., Empresa Nacional De Fundiciones, Derby & Cia, Inc., and S.W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Cross-Appellees v. M/v Popi P, Her Engines, Boilers, Etc., Nimipet Corp., Lineas Navieras Bolivianas, Compania Sud Americana De Vapores, and Chilean Line Inc., Compania Sud-Americana De Vapores and Lineas Navieras Bolivianas, and Third-Party v. Universal Maritime Service Corp., Third-Party Cross-Appellant · Seguros "Illimani" Sa Sw v. M/v Popi P Compania Sud-Americana De Vapores“In any event, the carrier and the ship shall be discharged from all liability for any loss of, or damage to, or delay of the goods or with respect to freight, charges or expenses, or the refund thereof or any other claim of whatsoever description, unless suit is brought within one year after delivery of the goods or the date when the goods should have been delivered. Suit shall not be deemed brought against the carrier or ship until jurisdiction shall have been obtained of the carrier or the ship, or both, or if brought in admiralty, unless process or written notice of the filing of a libel shall have been served or delivered to the carrier.”
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.