Morehead v. Atkinson-Kiewit’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
3 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 1 U.S.C. § 3 · 33 U.S.C. § 901 · 33 U.S.C. § 902 · 33 U.S.C. § 904 · 33 U.S.C. § 905 · 33 U.S.C. § 941
Relies on Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki · Raphan v. United States · Zerman v. Melton · Scindia Steam Navigation Co. v. De Los Santos · McDermott International, Inc. v. Wilander
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the § 905(b) bar is specific to the occupations listed: shipbuilders, ship repairers and ship breakers. Had Congress intended to foreclose suits by all covered employees against employer-shipowners, it could easily have done so. It did not.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The [1984] Amendments did not purport to prohibit LHWCA employees other than in the described categories from suing for negligence in dual capacity cases.”
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.