The Amelie’s Empirical Analysis
73 U.S. 18 · 1867
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 14 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 1931 · most notably The Eliza Lines (1895), The "Julia Blake" (1882)
8 federal appellate · 14 district · 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.
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““If the master can, within a reasonable time, consult the owners, he is-required to do it, because they should have an opportunity to decide whether, in their judgment, a sale is made necessary.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. The "Julia Blake" · The Yarkand““The sale of a ship becomes a necessity, within the meaning of the commercial law, when nothing better can be done for the owner, or those concerned in the adventure. If the master, on his part, has an honest purpose to serve those who are interested in the ship and cargo, and can clearly prove that the condition of his vessel required him to sell, then he is justified. As the power is liable to abuse, it must be exercised in the most perfect good faith, and it is the duty of courts and juries to watch with great care the conduct of the master. In order to justify the sale, good faith in making it and the necessity for it must both concur, and the purchaser, to protect his title, must be able to show their concurrence. The question is not whether it is expedient to break up a voyage and sell the ship, but whether there was a legal necessity to do it. If this can be shown, the master is justified; otherwise not. And this necessity is a question of fact to be determined in each case by the circumstances in which the master is placed, and the perils to which the property is exposed.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. The Yarkand
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.