Tapco Nigeria Ltd. v. M/V Westwind’s Empirical Analysis
702 F.2d 1252 · 1983
Citation profile
19 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently August 2016 · most notably Servicios-Expoarma, C.A. v. Industrial Maritime Carriers, Inc. (1998), Mannesman Demag Corporation,-, v. M/v Concert Express, Etc., et al. (2000)
19 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 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 Schnell v. The Vallescura · Constable v. National Steamship Co. · Reagan v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. · Allied Chemical Corporation v. Hess Tankship Company of Delaware · Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. California Stevedore & Ballast Co.
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unload the cargo onto a dock, segregate it by bill of lading and count, put it in a place of rest on the pier so that it is accessible to the consignee, and afford the consignee a reasonable opportunity to come and get it.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“properly provided safe delivery to the farthest point that it could delivery [sic] the goods within the limitations of the law, custom, and usage of the port.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]ny other cause arising without the actual fault and privity of the carrier and without the fault or neglect of the agents or servants of the 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.