MacKey v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
1948
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently March 1982
9 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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.
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““This bill of lading shall have effect subject to the provisions of the carriage of goods by Sea Act of the United States of America approved April 16, 1936.” “I. COVERAGE. This bill of lading shall have effect while the containers, goods and packages are in the custody of the vessel or its agents, its servants and its independent contractors.” “The carrier shall not be liable in any capacity whatsoever for any loss or damage occurring before the goods are loaded on or after they are discharged from the ship, . . . ” “21. NOTICE OF CLAIM-TIME FOR SUIT. In any event, the carrier and the ship shall be discharged from all liability for any loss of, or damage to, or delay of the goods or with respect to freight, charges or expenses, or the refund thereof or any claim of whatsoever description, unless suit is brought within one year after delivery of the goods or the date when the goods should have been delivered. Suit shall not be deemed brought against the carrier or ship until jurisdiction shall have been obtained of the carrier or the ship, or both, or if brought in admiralty, unless process or written notice of filing of the libel shall have been served or delivered to the carrier.””
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.