The Tuxedo’s Empirical Analysis
77 F.2d 354 · 1935
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently May 1977
2 federal appellate ·
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
Relies on The Nacoochee · The "Colorado" · New York Cent. R. v. City of New York · Vroman v. The Howard · Appeal of Central R.
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““What is moderate speed under such circumstances is a rate of speed not in excess of that which will permit a vessel to stop within the distance she can see another vessel with which she may be in danger of collision. The Colorado v. The H. P. Bridge, 91 U.S. 692 , 23 L.Ed. 379 ; The Nacoochee, 137 U.S. 330 , 11 S.Ct. 122 , 34 L.Ed. 687 ; Appeal of Central R. Co. of New Jersey (C.C.A.) 22 F.(2d) 275 .””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Every vessel shall, in a fog, mist, falling snow, or heavy rainstorms, go at a moderate speed, having careful regard to the existing circumstances and conditions.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““A steam vessel hearing, apparently forward of her beam, the fog signal of a vessel the position of which is not ascertained shall, so far as the circumstances of the case admit, stop her engines, and then navigate with caution until danger of collision is over.””
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.