Pippen v. Shell Oil Co.’s Empirical Analysis
661 F.2d 378 · 1981
Citation profile
53 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 85 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2018 · most notably Herb's Welding, Inc. v. Gray (1985), Lowe v. Ingalls Shipbuilding, A Division of Litton Systems, Inc. (1984)
53 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 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 Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki · Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp. · Scindia Steam Navigation Co. v. De Los Santos · M. Morrin & Son Co. v. Burgess Construction Co. · Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. v. Smith
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 85 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) The liability of an employer prescribed in § 904 of this title shall be exclusive and in place of all other liability of such employer to the employee, his legal representative, husband or wife, parents, dependents, next of kin, or anyone otherwise entitled to recover damages from such employer at law or in admiralty on account of such injury or death ... (b) In the event of injury to a person covered under this chapter caused by the negligence of the vessel, then such person, or anyone otherwise entitled to re cover damages by reason thereof, may bring an action against such vessel as a third party in accordance with the provisions of § 933 of this title, and the employer shall not be liable to the vessel for damages directly or indirectly and any agreements or warranties to the contract shall be void, (emphasis added).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Id. at 1113. The production of oil and natural gas from the beds of navigable bodies of water and the ocean bottom has become a maritime activity. This is a major industry with peculiar maritime-related problems. Employment in an industry that provides approximately 40,000 jobs, 4 and untold millions of dollars in revenues and that takes place primarily upon the navigable waters of the United States, bears”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(b) In the event of injury to a person covered under this Act caused by the negligence of a vessel, then such person, or anyone otherwise entitled to recover damages by reason thereof, may bring an action against such vessel as a third party in accordance with the provisions of section 33 of this Act [33 USCS § 933], and the employer shall not be liable to the vessel for such damages directly or indirectly and any agreements or warranties to the contrary shall be void. If such person was employed by the vessel to provide stevedoring services, no such action shall be permitted if the injury was caused by the negligence of persons engaged in providing ship building or repair services to the vessel. The liability of the vessel under this subsection shall not be based upon the warranty of seaworthiness or a breach thereof at the time the injury occurred. The remedy provided in this subsection shall be exclusive of all other remedies against the vessel except remedies available under this Act.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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