Nygaard v. Peter Pan Seafoods, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
701 F.2d 77 · 1983
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Starnes v. Penrod Drilling Co. · Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc. · The Harrisburg · Sea-Land Services, Inc. v. Gaudet · International Ass'n of Machinists v. Duckworth
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the federal remedial scheme for death within territorial waters takes precedence over state remedies, then certainly the federal remedial scheme for death on the high seas, where the primacy of federal interests is far clearer, should also take precedence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Loss of inheritance is a pecuniary loss recoverable under DOHSA where it is probable that the decedent, but for his death, would have accumulated property that would have been inherited by the beneficiaries of the action.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“as damaging to uniformity in wrongful death actions as it is illogical.”
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.