Beltia v. Sidney Torres Marine Transport, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
701 F.2d 491 · 1983
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently May 2012
11 federal appellate · 2 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
Applies 45 U.S.C. § 51 (Federal Employers' Liability Act)
Relies on Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc. · The Osceola · Sea-Land Services, Inc. v. Gaudet · Chlorine Institute, Inc. v. Occupational Safety & Health Administration · American Export Lines, Inc. v. Alvez
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 sole basis upon which a seaman or his beneficiaries may sue his employer for negligence”
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.