Dyer v. Merry Shipping Co.’s Empirical Analysis
650 F.2d 622 · 1981
Citation profile
43 federal appellate · 9 district · 24 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 118 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2014 · most notably Michael McMonagle v. Northeast Women's Center, Inc (1989), Guevara v. Maritime Overseas Corp. (1995)
43 federal appellate · 9 district · 24 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 Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore · Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. · Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki · Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc. · The Osceola
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 118 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'of punishing the defendant, of teaching him not to do it again, and of deterring others from following his example.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[p]unitive damages are recoverable under the general maritime law `upon a showing of willful and wanton misconduct by the shipowner' in failing to provide a seaworthy vessel.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'gross negligence, or actual malice or criminal indifference which is the equivalent of reckless and wanton misconduct.'”
3 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.