West Wind Africa Line, Ltd. v. Corpus Christi Marine Services Co.’s Empirical Analysis
834 F.2d 1232 · 1988
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 3 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently November 2017 · most notably Northbrook Excess and Surplus Insurance Company v. Procter & Gamble Company (1991), Fogleman v. Aramco (Arabian American Oil Co.) (1991)
11 federal appellate · 3 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.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1821 · 28 U.S.C. § 1920
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Crawford Fitting Company v. Jt Gibbons Inc Champion International Corporation · Farmer v. Arabian American Oil Co. · Golf City, Inc. v. Wilson Sporting Goods Co. · United States v. Kolesar
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“limits judicial discretion with regard to the kind of expenses that may be recovered as costs; it does not, however, prevent courts from interpreting the meaning of the phrases used in Sec. 1920.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In considering whether to allow expenses for travelling in excess of 100 miles, the court should consider the length of the journey, the necessity of the testimony, and the possibility of averting the travel expense.”
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.