The Schooner Catharine v. Noah Dickinson’s Empirical Analysis
58 U.S. 170 · 1854
Citation profile
85 federal appellate · 30 district · 4 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 200 later decisions (17 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2008 · most notably United States v. Reliable Transfer Co. (1975), Edmonds v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique (1979)
85 federal appellate · 30 district · 4 state decisions
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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 200 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... [I]t becomes necessary to settle the rule of damages in a case where both vessels are in fault. 170 The question, we believe, has never until now come distinctly before this court for decision. The rule that prevails in the District and Circuit Courts, we understand, has been to divide the loss.... 171 This seems to be the well-settled rule in the English admiralty.... 172 Under the circumstances usually attending these disasters, we think the rule deviding [sic] the loss the most just and equitable, and as best tending to induce care and vigilance on both sides in the navigation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““However this may be in the daytime, we think that such custom or usage cannot be permitted as an excuse for dispensing with a proper lookout while navigating in the night, especially on waters frequented by oilier vessels. Under such circumstances, a competent lookout, stationed upon a quarter of the vessel affording the best opportunity to see at a distance those meeting her, is indispensable to safe navigation, and the neglect is chargeable as a fault in the navigation.””
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.