The Scotia’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 federal appellate · 28 district · 4 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 103 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “This duty of a steamer to keep out of the way implies a correlative obligation to the ship to keep her course, and to do nothing to mislead. Nor is the steamer called to act except where she is approaching a vessel in such a direction as ' to involve a risk of collision. She is required to take no precautions when there is no apparent danger. Was the “ Scotia,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. The "Free State"

2. ““This is not giving to the statutes of any nation extraterritorial effect. It is not treating them as general maritime laws, but it is recognition of the historical fact lhat by common consent of mankind these rules have been acquiesced in as of general obligation.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Smith v. Davis

3. ““The duty of the steamer (to keep out of the way) implies the correlative duty or obligation of the ship to k<»°p her course, and to do nothing to mislead.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cleugh v. The Britannia