Valentino v. Rickners Rhederei, G.m.b.H.’s Empirical Analysis
552 F.2d 466 · 1977
Citation profile
17 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki · Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp. · Sprage v. Ticonic Nat Bank · Hill v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners, Local 25 · Kelsaw v. Oregon
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““well-established principle of equity that a lawyer who creates a fund for the benefit of another is entitled to reasonable compensation for his efforts. Sprague v. Ticonic Nat’l Bank, 307 U.S. 161 , 59 S.Ct. 777 , 83 L.Ed. 1184 (1939); Chouest v. A & P Boat Rentals, Inc., 472 F.2d 1026 (5th Cir.) (Wisdom, J.), cert. denied, 412 U.S. 949 , 93 S.Ct. 3012 , 37 L.Ed.2d 1002 (1973).” Valentino, supra, 552 F.2d at 468-69 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[P]ermitting the compensation lien to come ahead of the attorney's lien would deter counsel from pressing longshoremen's claims on a contingent fee basis except 'where a recovery substantially in excess of the amount of the stevedore's lien is a virtual certainty.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“stevedores do not, as a practical matter, pursue these lawsuits presumably for fear of antagonizing their customers.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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