Dracos v. Hellenic Lines Ltd.’s Empirical Analysis
705 F.2d 1392 · 1983
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 4 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently July 2017
5 federal appellate · 4 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
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1 (§ 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 16 (§ 5 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914)
Relies on Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore · Bell v. Hood · McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. · M/s Bremen v. Zapata off-Shore Company · Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation
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 Rhoditis court added other factors to be considered in choosing the proper law. The presence of the foreign shipowner’s base of operations within the United States was an important factor in making the Jones Act apply to a foreign seaman’s tort claim____ Additionally, it was held that the substantial and continuing American contacts of Hellenic Lines had to be considered.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“1. The place of the wrongful act; 2. The law of the ship’s flag; 3. The allegiance or domicile of the injured seaman; 4. The allegiance of the shipowner; 5. The place where the shipping articles were signed; 6. The inaccessibility of a foreign forum; 7. The law of the forum.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“in cases not involving international contracts or suits in Admiralty.”
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.