Hechinger v. Caskie’s Empirical Analysis
890 F.2d 202 · 1989
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 7 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently January 2024 · most notably Claar, Glacier Bay Kee Leasing Company v. McGahan Spc (1991)
11 federal appellate · 7 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
Relies on Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki · Rogers v. Missouri Pacific Railroad · Ferguson v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. · Gutierrez v. Waterman Steamship Corp. · Farrell Lines Inc. v. Jones
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“) such as the one at issue here. We disagree. 16 The Sixth Circuit has held that the liability limitation provision of the Act does apply to pleasure boats. In re Young, 872 F.2d 176 (6th Cir.1989). Young reaffirmed the rule of the Sixth Circuit, based on the plain wording of Section 183(a), that the liability limitation applies to”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hechinger v. Caskie“Id. at 178 . 17 We find the reasoning in Young persuasive. Accordingly, we hold that the limitation provision applies to pleasure boats, and that the district court had jurisdiction to hear this case.B. Liability Under General Maritime Law Or The Jones Act 18 Once a proper limitation of liability petition has been filed, the court”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hechinger v. Caskie“but decided, after a visual inspection, that since the engine did not overheat, the gauge was faulty. Shortly after, the generator ceased working, shutting down the vessel's power source, including the refrigerator and stove. At about the same time, the crew noticed the gas gauges were”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hechinger v. Caskie
How this case has been treated — in progress
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