Carpenter v. Universal Star Shipping, S.A.’s Empirical Analysis
924 F.2d 1539 · 1991
Citation profile
34 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently June 2017 · most notably Claar, Claar v. Burlington Northern Railroad (1994)
34 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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. § 901 · 33 U.S.C. § 902 · 33 U.S.C. § 904 · 33 U.S.C. § 905 · 33 U.S.C. § 933
Relies on Gregory Lumber Co. v. United States · Morrison v. Olson · Federal Energy Regulatory Commission v. Martin Exploration Management Co. · Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · Scindia Steam Navigation Co. v. De Los Santos
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“invoke rule 56(f) by submitting affidavits that indicate why he cannot then present facts essential to justify his opposition to summary judgment.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The prospect of vessel-initiated actions against foreign stevedores provides foreign stevedores with an incentive to do their work carefully.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“charterer to load, stow, lash, secure, trim and discharge the cargo free of risks and expenses to owners”
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.