seaworthy
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 277 U.S. 66 - Compania de Navegacion Interior, S. A. v. Fireman's Fund Insurance · 1928Most cited · 38 citing opinions
The ship should be in a condition to encounter whatever perils of the sea a ship of that kind, and laden in that way, may be fairly expected to encounter on the voyage
How often courts cite the case defining “seaworthy”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “seaworthy” — 135 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.