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5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 19 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Howlett v. Birkdale Shipping Co., S.A..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Howlett v. Birkdale Shipping Co., S.A. Anchor | green | “to shift more of the responsibility for compensating injured longshoremen to the party best able to prevent injuries: the stevedore-employer.” | 6 |
| 2 | Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. v. Pfeifer | green | “a vessel owner acting as its own stevedore is liable only for negligence in its 'owner' capacity, not for negligence in its 'stevedore' capacity.” | 4 |
| 3 | Keller v. United States | green | “simply by showing that some condition or appurtenance on board the vessel at the time of the accident was unreasonably hazardous, even if the stevedore-employer was the sole cause of the hazard.” | 3 |
| 4 | Keller v. United States | green | “subject to detailed legislative and administrative prescriptions for affording its workers a 'safe' workplace.” | 3 |
| 5 | Koernschild v. W.H. Streit, Inc. | green | “responsible for providing employee a safe passageway to his job on the vessel, and granting summary judgment to the defendant given its lack of” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment: for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.