Lewis v. Timco, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
736 F.2d 163 · 1984
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 33 U.S.C. § 905
Relies on Pullman-Standard v. Swint · McAllister v. United States · In Re Disbarment of Isserman · Noritake Co. v. M/V Hellenic Champion · Lewis v. Timco, Inc.
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A finding is 'clearly erroneous' when although there is evidence to support it, the reviewing court on the entire evidence is left with the definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) relative knowledge of the danger by the supervising employee and the injured employee; (2) relative control over the employee’s situation; (3) the degree to which the employee’s conduct is voluntary on his part; (4) alternatives available to the employee; (5) obviousness of the danger; and (6) relative ability to eliminate the danger. Miller, 349 So.2d at 1362 .”
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.