Chavis v. Finnlines Ltd., O/Y’s Empirical Analysis
576 F.2d 1072 · 1978
Citation profile
48 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions — most recently August 2011 · most notably Berkey Photo, Inc. v. Eastman Kodak Co. (1979), Lohrmann v. Pittsburgh Corning Corp. (1986)
48 federal appellate · 1 district · 6 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 Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Barrett v. United States · Turner v. Louisiana · Gay v. Ocean Transport & Trading, Ltd. · Napoli v. Transpacific Carriers Corp.
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“fairly and adequately state the pertinent legal principles involved”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage“However, Provenza and Venable are no longer good law. Both were decided before the 1972 Amendments to the Act. Provenza stands for no more than the fact that the vessel owner is liable only if the breach of the regulations by the stevedore creates an unseaworthy condition. Since the vessel owner, subsequent to the 1972 Amendment to the Act is no longer liable to longshoremen for unseaworthy conditions, neither Provenza nor Venable is of assistance to the appellant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“It is well established in this circuit that any determination of negligence on the part of a shipowner under 33 U.S.C. section 905(b) must be based on negligence principles applicable to land-based third parties in nonmaritime pursuits.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.