The Dutton No. 6’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 2 district ·

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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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The No. 7 with the No. 6 in tow continued on at a speed at 6 to 7 miles per hour, which would not have been dangerous speed unless the tow was listed sufficiently for water to find its way into the float through the hatches; but any appreciable speed was dangei’ous with a list of that character. Surely if the list was noticeable to Capt. Angelí of the steamship Lexington, not less than %, of a mile off the Dutton No. 6, it should have been observed by a competent officer of the Dauntless No. 7, and the headway of the boats stopped and measures taken for the safety of the Dutton No. 6. “Failure to timely observe the lighter and take means to correct the condition, instead of continuing ahead at a speed of 6 or 7 miles an hour, was an act of negligence and a fault on the part of the tug Dauntless No. 7.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. American Bridge Division, United States Steel Corp. v. Roen Steamship Co.