Assicurazioni Generali v. D'Amico & Harrington & Co.’s Empirical Analysis
766 F.2d 485 · 1985
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently April 2024 · most notably Hiram Walker & Sons, Inc. v. Kirk Line (1989), 681 F. Supp. 404 - Fitzgerald v. Mallinckrodt, Inc. (1987)
12 federal appellate · 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 28 U.S.C. § 1333
Relies on Bonner v. City of Prichard · Robert Herd Company v. Krawill Machinery Corporation · United States v. Diamond · De Laval Turbine, Inc. v. West India Industries, Inc. · Certain Underwriters at Lloyds' C7064/102226 C7064/102227 v. Barber Blue Sea Line
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hen a bill of lading refers to a class of persons such as 'agents' or 'independent contractors' it is clear that the contract includes all those persons engaged by the carrier within the scope of the carriage contract.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“language expressing a clear intent to extend the benefits to a well-defined class of readily identifiable persons,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Neither the carrier nor the ship shall in any event be or become liable for any loss or damage to or in connection with the transportation of goods in an amount exceeding $500 per package lawful money of the United States ... unless the nature and value of such goods have been declared by the shipper before shipment and inserted in the bill of lading.”
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.