Marant v. Farrell Lines, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
550 F.2d 142 · 1977
Citation profile
35 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 33 U.S.C. § 901 · 33 U.S.C. § 905 · 33 U.S.C. § 933 · 33 U.S.C. § 941 · 5 U.S.C. § 8101 (Attendant Allowance Adjustment Act)
Relies on Ohio Bureau of Employment Services v. Hodory · Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki · Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp. · Starnes v. Penrod Drilling Co. · Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. Hawn
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(t)he responsibility for the safety of the longshoreman lies concurrently or jointly with the longshoreman's employer, and with the shipowner.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Since the vessel’s liability is to be based on its own negligence, and the vessel will no longer be liable under the unseaworthiness doctrine for injuries which are really the fault of the stevedore, there is no longer any necessity for permitting the vessel to recover the damages for which it is liable to the injured worker from the stevedore or other employer of the worker.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“express language in the statute and the legislative reports accompanying the 1972 Amendments amply demonstrate that for reasons of policy the major responsibility for the proper and safe conduct of the work was to be borne by the stevedore.”
2 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.