Batterton v. Dutra Group’s Empirical Analysis
880 F.3d 1089 · 2018
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1292 · 46 U.S.C. § 30303 (Death on the High Seas Act)
Relies on Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc. · The Harrisburg · Miles v. Apex Marine Corp. · Michigan Central Railroad v. Vreeland · Fitzgerald v. United States Lines Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“Whatever room might [have] be[en] left to support broadening Miles to cover punitive damages”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“historically, punitive damages have been available and awarded in general maritime actions,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“was cut off by [this] Court's decision in Atlantic Sounding ,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.