Magno v. Corros’s Empirical Analysis
630 F.2d 224 · 1980
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently October 2005
10 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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
Applies 14 U.S.C. § 86 · 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act) · 33 U.S.C. § 409
Relies on Indian Towing Company v. United States · Morris v. Gressette · Somerset Seafood Co. v. United States · De Bardeleben Marine Corp. v. United States · Gercey v. United States
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The government appeals from that judgment on the ground that it was under no duty to provide additional lighting on the dike. We agree with the government’s contention ....” (emphasis added)); id. at 227 (“[A] decisive issue in this case is whether the United States was under a duty to provide additional lighting or some other type of marking on the dike as a warning to boaters in the area.” (emphasis added)); id. at 228 (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“... the Secretary may mark for the protection of navigation any sunken vessel or other obstruction existing in navigable waters ... in such a manner and for so long as, in his judgment, the needs of maritime navigation require.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“at least, requires care and prudence to mark submerged wrecks which constitute substantial hazards to 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.