The Potomac’s Empirical Analysis
75 U.S. 590 · 1869
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 23 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions (4 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 1969 · most notably Cox v. Esso Shipping Co. (1957), The "Free State" (1875)
29 federal appellate · 23 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.
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The steam-tug was required to keep out of the way of the sailing vessel, provided the latter kept her course. But it was imperative upon the sailing vessel to keep her course, and if she ■deviates therefrom, and a collision happens, the steamer is not liable therefor. (Citations omitted) * * [and the failure of the sailboat to do so was a fault] * * * which relieves the tug from any liability for the collision.”
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.