Thezan v. Maritime Overseas Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
708 F.2d 175 · 1983
Citation profile
51 federal appellate · 10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 74 later decisions — most recently December 2009 · most notably Charles D. Gautreaux v. Scurlock Marine, Inc. (1997), Bartholomew v. CNG Producing Co. (1987)
51 federal appellate · 10 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 Johnson v. United States · Francis v. United States · Michigan v. Ohio · Usner v. Luckenbach Overseas Corp. · Usner v. Luckenbach Overseas Corp.
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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hile the seaman's duty to protect himself is slight, the duty does exist.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"It is no answer to say the jury's verdict involved speculation or conjecture * * * Only where there is a complete absence of probative facts to support the conclusion reached does a reversible error appear * * * the appellate court's function is exhausted when that evidentiary basis becomes apparent, it being immaterial that the court might draw a contrary inference or feel that another conclusion is more reasonable." (emphasis added).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“This Court will overturn a jury verdict for inadequacy only upon the strongest of showings.”
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.