collision rule
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 63 U.S. 48 - Nelson v. Leland · 1859Most cited · 21 citing opinions
steam vs. sail
The general rule is, where two vessels meet each other, one propelled by steam and the other by the winds, the steamer must give way, and avoid a collision.
How often courts cite the case defining “collision rule”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “collision rule” — 21 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.