Bell v. Burson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• term includes expenditures that are not absolutely indispensable but are convenient or useful to vessel
• declaratory order pursuant to referral, that plaintiffs were common carriers bound to charge published rates rather than mere cartage operators, was not advisory, and district court erred in substituting its own findings

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

44 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Phillip Hess v. Upper Mississippi Towing Corp. And Penlatex Barge Lines, Inc., Defendants- Fidelity & Casualty Co. Of New York, Intervenor
  Fifth Circuit· 1977-10-25· cited 75×
• Dan Barclay, Inc. v. Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 1991-04-01· cited 73×
• Rainbow Line, Inc. v. M/v Tequila (Ex Linglee), Her Engines, Tackle, Boiler, Equipment, Etc. Empire Commercial Corporation, Claimant-Appellant
  Second Circuit· 1973-06-18· cited 65×
• Stanley W. Jakubiec v. Cities Service Company, a Corporation, Defendant-Third Party v. Edward J. Meyers Company, a Corporation, Third Party
  Third Circuit· 1988-04-20· cited 61×
• American Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. New York City Human Resources Administration
  S.D. New York· 1993-10-06· cited 53×
• National Tank Truck Carriers, Inc. v. Edward F. Burke, Administrator, Rhode Island Division of Public Utilities and Carriers
  First Circuit· 1979-10-12· cited 49×
• Central & Southern Motor Freight Tariff Ass'n v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1985-03-19· cited 48×
• Delta Traffic Service, Inc. v. Transtop, Incorporated
  First Circuit· 1990-07-19· cited 43×
• New Hampshire Motor Transport Association v. Richard M. Flynn
  First Circuit· 1984-12-26· cited 40×
• Farrell Ocean Services, Inc. v. United States
  First Circuit· 1982-06-23· cited 39×
• Kingstate Oil v. M/V Green Star
  Third Circuit· 1987-04-03· cited 38×
• Keith Vagle v. Pickands Mather & Company
  Eighth Circuit· 1980-01-14· cited 37×
• Harbour Lights Marina, Inc. v. Wandstrat
  S.D. Ohio· 1993-04-05· cited 28×
• American Family Life Assurance Co. v. Planned Marketing Associates, Inc.
  E.D. Virginia· 1974-12-05· cited 23×
• Lipton v. MCI Worldcom, Inc.
  District of Columbia· 2001-03-05· cited 18×
• Nowicki v. Union Starch & Refining Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1973-01-26· cited 16×
• Unnamed case
  D.C. Circuit· 1985-03-29· cited 15×
• Consolidated Rail Corporation, Cross-Appellant in No. 86-1732 v. Certainteed Corporation, in No. 86-1715
  Third Circuit· 1988-01-06· cited 15×
• In Re Carolyn June Wukelic, Bankruptcy-Appellee v. United States
  Sixth Circuit· 1976-11-01· cited 14×
• In Re the Matter of Ned H. Donnell, AKA Ned Halcomb Donnell, Bankrupt. Ned H. Donnell v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service
  Ninth Circuit· 1981-02-12· cited 13×