Strachan Shipping Co. v. Dresser Industries, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
701 F.2d 483 · 1983
Citation profile
18 federal appellate · 1 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently August 2017 · most notably Employers Insurance of Wausau v. Suwannee River Spa Lines Inc (1989), Cargill Ferrous International v. Sea Phoenix MV (2003)
18 federal appellate · 1 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
Relies on Truong Dinh Hung v. United States · Rodriguez v. Lash · Connecticut v. Glidden · Wood v. Holiday Inns, Inc. · Bartlett-Collins Company, a Corporation v. Surinam Navigation Company, a Corporation, Bartlett-Collins International, C. A., a Corporation v. South African Marine Corporation, Ltd., a Corporation, Bartlett-Collins International, C. A., a Corporation v. Surinam Navigation Company, a Corporation
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]e think that our result comports with economic reality. A freight forwarder provides a service. He sells his expertise and experience in booking and preparing cargo for shipment. He depends upon the fees paid by both shipper and carrier. He has few assets, and he books amounts of cargo far exceeding his net worth. Carriers must expect payment will come from the shipper, although it may pass through the forwarder’s hands. While the carrier may extend credit to the forwarder, there is no economically rational motive for the carrier to release the shipper. The more parties that are liable, the greater the assurance for the carrier that he will be paid.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“be absolutely ... responsible to see that all freights and charges are paid ... and [to] guarantee that they will be paid to the carrier ... regardless of whether or not funds for such payment have been advanced to [the] forwarder....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“independent contractor who performs services beneficial to both shipper and carrier.”
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.