Gauthier v. Continental Diving Services, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
831 F.2d 559 · 1987
Citation profile
11 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently October 2016 · most notably Moccio v. New York State Office of Court Administration (1996), Davis v. Bayless (1995)
11 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
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1257 · 28 U.S.C. § 1738
Relies on District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman · The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. Shipman · Hill v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners, Local 25 · Garrett v. Co · Garrett v. Moore-McCormack 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“federal courts give a state court judgment the same preclusive effect as would be given that judgment under the law of the State in which the judgment was rendered.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The burden is upon one who sets up a seaman’s release to show that it was executed freely, without deception or coercion, and that it was made by the seaman with full understanding of his rights. The adequacy of the consideration and the nature of the medical and legal advice available to the seaman at the time of signing the release are relevant to an appraisal of this under- ' standing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Whaley v. Rydman“[W]e conclude that a Louisiana state court would permit Gauthier to attack the consent judgment. Consequently Rooker-Feldman does not bar his attack in federal court.”
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.