Warren Bros. v. Nelson’s Empirical Analysis
635 F.2d 552 · 1980
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
February 1993
most recently cited
8 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Southern Pacific Co. v. Jensen · Northeast Marine Terminal Co. v. Caputo · Knickerbocker Ice Co. v. Stewart · Pfeiffer Company Inc v. Ford · Voris v. Eikel
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“occurring upon the navigable waters of the United States (including any adjoining pier, wharf, dry dock, terminal, building way, marine railway, or other adjoining area customarily used by an employer in loading, unloading, repairing, or building a vessel).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“any person engaged in maritime employment, including any longshoreman or other person engaged in longshoring operations, and any harborworker including a ship repairman, shipbuilder, and shipbreaker ....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to avoid the judicial morass involved in determining whether each worker in any of 'the almost infinite range of conditions of waterfront employment' is or is not involved in the process of unloading vessels,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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