Martin v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
560 F.3d 210 · 2009
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 45 U.S.C. § 51 (Federal Employers' Liability Act) · 46 U.S.C. § 30104 (Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (Jones Act))
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Gillespie v. United States Steel Corp. · Miles v. Apex Marine Corp. · Panama Co v. Johnson · Calmar Ss Corporation v. Taylor
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Any seaman who shall suffer personal injury in the course of his employment may, at his election, maintain an action for damages at law, with the right of trial by jury. and in such action all statutes of the United States modifying or extending the common-law right or remedy in cases of personal injury to railway employees shall apply.”
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.