American Stevedores, Inc. v. Salzano’s Empirical Analysis
538 F.2d 933 · 1976
Citation profile
40 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently February 2009 · most notably Gibas v. Saginaw Mining Co. (1984), Bumble Bee Seafoods v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (1980)
40 federal appellate · 3 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
Applies 33 U.S.C. § 901 · 33 U.S.C. § 902 · 33 U.S.C. § 910 · 33 U.S.C. § 914 · 33 U.S.C. § 920 · 33 U.S.C. § 922 · 33 U.S.C. § 928 · 33 U.S.C. § 944
Relies on United States v. Bornstein · Finnerty v. Cowen · Bailey v. Weinberger, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare · Condor Operating Co. v. Sawhill
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a fee rendered ... for the successful prosecution of this appeal.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“once a disability is proven, the employer has the burden of showing opportunity for work.”
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.