Timberlane v. Pisces Ltd.’s Empirical Analysis
745 F.2d 715 · 1984
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 7 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently August 2011 · most notably Charles Clauson v. Robert D. Smith (1987), Puerto Rico Ports Authority v. M/v Manhattan Prince, Sujeen Trading Pte., Ltd. v. Crowley Towing & Transportation Co. (1990)
21 federal appellate · 7 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
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Pullman-Standard v. Swint · Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc. · McAllister v. United States · In Re Disbarment of Isserman
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“but without the authority of the shipowner, the shipowner is not personally bound and does not by virtue of the charterer's signature become a COGSA carrier. E.g., Associated Metals and Minerals Corp. v. S.S. Portoria, 5 Cir.1973, 484 F.2d 460 , 462; Demsey & Associates, Inc. v. S.S. Sea Star, 2 Cir.1972, 461 F.2d 1009 , 1015. 28 Id. at 719. Aquarius' liability depends on the effect of the signature caption”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the burden of proof shall be on the person claiming the benefit of this exception to show that neither the actual fault or privity of the carrier nor the fault or neglect of the agents or servants of the carrier contributed to the loss or damage.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“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....'”
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.