Dempsey v. Mac Towing, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
876 F.2d 1538 · 1989
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently September 2019 · most notably Cross, United States v. Hooshmand (1991)
22 federal appellate · 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
Relies on Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co. · Liegl v. Webb · Dennis v. United States · Burlington Northern Railroad v. Woods · Spinks v. Chevron Oil 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If a requested instruction is refused and is not adequately covered by another instruction, the court will first inquire as to whether the requested instruction is a correct statement of the law.... If the instruction is a correct statement of the law, the court will next look to see whether it deals with an issue which is properly before the jury.... In the event both these standards are met, there still must be a showing of prejudicial harm as a result of the instruction not being given before the judgment will be disturbed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Initially, we note that the duty of care a shipowner owes to a seaman has traditionally been recognized to be a very high one.... As a corollary of this general duty, owners are held to a high degree of care in providing a safe work environment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“to ensure that the damage issue could be fully explored at trial.” Id. at 1541 . Admonishing the plaintiff's counsel for failing to retain an expert, the Eleventh Circuit nevertheless held that”
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.