Francine Caruso v. Sterling Yacht and Shipbuilders, Inc., and John Acland, Master of the Passenger Vessel "Bengale I"’s Empirical Analysis
828 F.2d 14 · 1987
Citation profile
9 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 10 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2008
9 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 Offshore Company and the Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, Appellants v. Johnie M. Robison, Appellee-Appellant. Robison v. Offshore Company and the Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York · Rosene v. United States · Bodden v. Coordinated Caribbean Transport, Inc. · Bouvier v. Krenz · Burns v. Anchor-Wate 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“engaged as an instrument of commerce and transportation on navigable waters.”
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.