Dracos v. Hellenic Lines, Ltd.’s Empirical Analysis
762 F.2d 348 · 1985
Citation profile
15 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently November 2015 · most notably United States v. Jones (1990), Randall v. United States (1996)
15 federal appellate · 2 district · 2 state decisions
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
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 16 (§ 5 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914)
Relies on Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore · McNutt v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. · M/s Bremen v. Zapata off-Shore Company · Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois Foundation · Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co.
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“plaintiffs must affirmatively plead the jurisdiction of the court”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Pinkley, Incorporated, T/a Bradley Books v. City of Frederick, Maryland, a Body Politic, and Robert A. Servacek, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Detective in Frederick City Police Department and City of Frederick, Maryland Richard J. Ashton, Major, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Chief, Frederick City Police and Agent, Servant, Employee and Policymaker of City of Frederick, Maryland the Mayor and Board of Alderman of Frederick, Maryland, Constituting and Acting as the City of Frederick Maryland, a Body Politic David S. Gearinger, Officer, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Agent of Frederick City, Maryland John Lammers, Officer, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Agent of Frederick City, Maryland Shawn Martyak, Officer, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Agent of Frederick City, Maryland, Pinkley, Incorporated, T/a Bradley Books v. City of Frederick, Maryland, a Body Politic Robert A. Servacek, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Detective in Frederick City Police Department and City of Frederick, Maryland Richard J. Ashton, Major, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Chief, Rederick City Policy and Agent, Servant, Employee, and Policy Maker of City of Frederick, Maryland David S. Gearinger, Officer, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Agent of Frederick City, Maryland John Lammers, Officer, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Agent of Frederick City, Maryland, and the Mayor and Board of Alderman of Frederick, Maryland, Constituting and Acting as the City of Frederick Maryland, a Body Politic Shawn Martyak, Officer, Individually and in Her Official Capacity as Agent of Frederick City, Maryland · Pinkley Incorporated v. Borough of Kennett Square
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.