Socony Mobil Oil Co. v. Texas Coastal & International, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
559 F.2d 1008 · 1977
Citation profile
51 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 102 later decisions — most recently September 2009 · most notably Noritake Co. v. M/V Hellenic Champion (1980), Tubacex, Inc. v. M/V Risan (1995)
51 federal appellate · 1 district · 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
Relies on Shoup Voting Machine Corp. v. Datamedia Computer Service, Inc. · Fallen v. United States · M. W. Zack Metal Co. v. S.S. Birmingham City · Mid-America Transportation Co. v. Rose Barge Line, Inc.
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 102 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In admiralty, interest should be granted unless there are exceptional or peculiar circumstances.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[once] the plaintiffs come forward with sufficient evidence to suggest that the cargo was contaminated before discharge a fact issue is created, which the Court must resolve.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“insufficient ... to justify the denial of prejudgment interest, even under the abuse of discretion standard of review.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Orduna S.A. And Transglobal Maritime Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Appellees-Cross-Appellees v. Zen-Noh Grain Corporation, Defendants-Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants v. F & P Engineers, Inc., Republic Insurance Company and Employers Insurance Company of Wausau, Third Party Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees · Orduna Sa v. Zen-Noh Grain Corporation
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.