Kerr-Mcgee Corporation v. Ma-Ju Marine Services, Inc., Dorothy E. Lyons, Cross-Appellant v. Kerr-Mcgee Corporation, Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross v. Ma-Ju Marine Services, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
830 F.2d 1332 · 1987
Citation profile
38 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 62 later decisions — most recently April 2018 · most notably Coats v. Penrod Drilling Corp. (1993), Randolph v. Laeisz (1990)
38 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 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
Applies 33 U.S.C. § 902 · 33 U.S.C. § 905 · 43 U.S.C. § 1333
Relies on Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki · Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp. · Raphan v. United States · Zerman v. Melton · Scindia Steam Navigation Co. v. De Los Santos
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[U]nless the context requires otherwise, the term “vessel” means any vessel upon which or in connection with which any person entitled to benefits under this chapter suffers injury or death arising out of or in the course of his employment, and said vessel’s owner, owner pro hac vice, agent, operator, charter or bare boat charterer, master, officer, or crew member.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he law of th[e] [Fifth] Circuit is clear that 'a time-charterer is not liable [for injuries caused by a vessel's negligence]...unless the cause of the harm is within the charterer's traditional sphere of control and responsibility or has been transferred thereto by the clear language of the charter agreement.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“carelessly choos[ing] an unsafe combination of cargo to share the same hold.”
3 later decisions 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.