Phillips v. Marine Concrete Structures, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
895 F.2d 1033 · 1990
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently March 2019 · most notably Ceres Gulf Esis/ina v. Cooper (1992), 978 F. Supp. 266 - In Re the Arbitration Between Trans Chemical Ltd. & China National MacHiney Import & Export Corp. (1997)
27 federal appellate · 5 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
Applies 33 U.S.C. § 908 · 33 U.S.C. § 910
Relies on Chevron Oil Co. v. Huson · Rubin v. United States · Walker v. Armco Steel Corp. · Pavelic v. Marvel Entertainment Group · Solem v. Stumes
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]here the statute is so lucid, we need not look to legislative history for further guidance.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'[We] must take the intent of Congress ... to be that which its language clearly sets forth.' Horton v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., 367 U.S. 348 , 352, 81 S.Ct. 1570, 1573, 6 L.Ed.2d 890 (1961).... The language ... could not be more clear.... We cannot doubt that Congress meant what it said.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Section 10(f) provides: Effective October 1 of each year, the compensation or death benefits payable for permanent total disability or death arising out of injuries subject to this chapter shall be increased by the lesser of— (1) a percentage equal to the percentage (if any) by which the applicable national weekly wage for the period beginning on such October 1, as determined under section 906(b) of this title, exceeds the applicable national average weekly wage, as so determined, for the period beginning with the preceding October 1; or (2) 5 per centum.”
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.