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589 F.3d 196 · 2009

Citation profile

52
cited by 52 later decisions
1
states following
June 2025
most recently cited

10 federal appellate · 5 district · 5 state decisions

Relationships

Applies 46 U.S.C. § 30101 (Extension of Admiralty Jurisdiction Act) · 46 U.S.C. § 30511

Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp. · Feres v. United States · Boyle v. United Technologies Corp. · United States v. Arthur Lynah

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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “If the court determines at any time that it lacks subject-matter jurisdiction, the court must dismiss the action.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “sovereign immunity deprives federal courts of jurisdiction to hear claims, and a court finding that a party is entitled to sovereign immunity must dismiss the action for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “[i]f the basis for dismissing a Yearsley claim is sovereign immunity , then a Yearsley defense would be jurisdictional”
    2 later decisions 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.