The Cayuga’s Empirical Analysis
81 U.S. 270 · 1871
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 32 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 99 later decisions (13 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2016 · most notably The Conqueror (1897), The Umbria (1897)
21 federal appellate · 32 district · 7 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
Relies on United States v. Crusell
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 99 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““E-very vessel overtaking another vessel, it is said, shall keep out of the way -of the vessel ahead; but that rule cannot properly he applied, in this case, as ■the two steamers were crossing or running- on intersecting lines, in which •case the-question is not, in general, affected by the comparative speed of the two vessels, nor by the fact that the one or the other was slightly ahead when ■the necessity for precaution commenced. Undoubtedly, where two ships are ■running in the same direction, the ship astern, if she is sailing faster than ,the ship ahead, is, in general, bound to adopt the necessary precautions to . avoid a collision; but it is clear that the rule does not, in general, apply in a -case where -the ships are crossing, or are distant from each other on a right .line, and are,running on intersecting lines.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““Undoubtedly, where two ships are running in the same direction, the ship astern, if sailing faster than the ship ahead, is, in general, bound to adopt the necessary precautions to avoid collision. * * * Where a steamer astern, in an open sea and in good weather, is pursuing the same general course as the one ahead, and at greater speed, the steamer astern, as' a, general rule, is required to give way, or adopt the necessary precautions to prevent collision, as the steamer ahead is entitled to the road.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“in obeying and construing these rules due regard shall be had to all dangers of navigation, and to any special circumstances which may render a departure from the above rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. The Umbria
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.