Statute treatment: 46 U.S.C.A. § 1303

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 286 citation events across 176 distinct cases.

286citations total

176distinct interpreting cases

32distinct courts

0citations in last 5y

1938–1998year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 United Fruit Company v. J. A. Folger & Company (1959) ca5 19 own cites 8× in case

#2 Fireman's Ins. Co. of Newark, NJ v. Gulf Puerto Rico Lines, Inc. (1972) prd 30 own cites 5× in case

#3 The Daido Line v. Thomas P. Gonzalez, Corporation (1962) ca9 42 own cites 4× in case

#4 United States v. Farr Sugar Corp. (1951) ca2 19 own cites 6× in case

#5 Balfour, Guthrie & Co. v. American-West African Line, Inc. (1943) ca2 15 own cites 6× in case

#6 M. v. M., Inc. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance (1957) nysd 19 own cites 5× in case

#7 Wm. H. Muller & Co., Inc. v. Swedish American Line Ltd. And Transatlantic Steamship Company, Ltd. (1955) ca2 106 own cites 2× in case

#8 J. B. Effenson Company v. Three Bays Corporation, Ltd. (1956) ca5 19 own cites 4× in case

#9 Goldlawr, Inc. v. Marcus Heiman, Select Operating Corporation and United Booking Office, Inc., and Milton Shubert, William Klein and Sylvia W. Golde (1961) ca2 66 own cites 2× in case

#10 Terman Foods, Inc. v. Omega Lines (1983) ca11 29 own cites 3× in case

#11 T. J. Stevenson & Co. v. 81,193 Bags of Flour (1976) alsd 10 own cites 6× in case

#12 Badhwar v. Colorado Fuel and Iron Corporation (1955) nysd 14 own cites 4× in case

#13 A. M. Collins & Co. v. Panama R. Co. (1952) ca5 42 own cites 2× in case

#14 Simpson Timber Co. And Grace Line, Inc. v. Ezra Parks, Simpson Timber Co. v. Grace Line, Inc. (1968) ca9 41 own cites 2× in case

#15 The Argentino (1939) nysd 13 own cites 4× in case

#16 cluster 381814 (1980) ca3 20 own cites 3× in case

#17 Toho Bussan Kaisha, Limited v. American President Lines, Limited (1959) ca2 36 own cites 2× in case

#18 Nitram, Inc. v. Motor Vessel Cretan Life (1979) ca5 16 own cites 9× in case

#19 American Trading Co., Inc. v. The Harry Culbreath (1951) ca2 14 own cites 3× in case

#20 Brown & Root, Inc. v. M/v Peisander, Etc. (1981) ca5 90 own cites 1× in case

Ranking method: leading_score = ln(1 + own_citation_count) × √(mentions_in_case) × flag_factor, where flag_factor = 1.0 green · 0.6 unknown · 0.5 neutral · 0.4 yellow · 0.3 procedural · 0 red. Red-flagged cases excluded — their interpretation has been undermined and shouldn't lead the list. Top 20 returned per statute. Open any case for full G Cite, trajectory, and per-circuit treatment.