the Lady Franklin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 federal appellate · 14 district · 8 state decisions

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 73 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In this case the bill of lading acknowledges the receipt of so much flour, and is prima facie evidence of the fact. It is, however, not conclusive on the point,, but may be contradicted by oral testimony. The doctrine that the obligation between ship and cargo is mutual and reciprocal, and does not attach until the cargo is on board, or in the custody of the master, has been so often discussed, and so long settled, that it would be useless labor to restate it, or the principles which lie at its foundation.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. The Thomas P. Sheldon · Guffey v. Alaska & P. S. S. Co.

2. ““It would be strange indeed, if the owners of the Franldin were made to suffer because the common agent of all the boats had, through inadvertence, given a receipt for merchandise not on the boat, or in the warehouse even, but which was then on board other boats, on its way to its destination.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Crenshawe v. Pearce