Nacirema Operating Co. v. Johnson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the LHWCA did not extend to injuries sustained on a pier
• holding that longshoremen killed or injured on a pier while loading or unloading a ship were not covered under the Act, but would be if they had been thrown into the water or were on the deck of the ship when the accident happened
• calling for discriminating inquiry and admonishing “semantic cataloguing” in political question cases
• no coverage under the Act for injuries to longshoremen occurring on a pier affixed to land
• no coverage under the Act for injuries to longshoremen occurring on a pier affixed to land
• no coverage under federal act for injuries occurring on a pier affixed to land

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City of Cleveland
  Supreme Court· 1972-12-18· cited 929×
• Northeast Marine Terminal Co. v. Caputo
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-17· cited 464×
• Victory Carriers, Inc. v. Law
  Supreme Court· 1971-12-13· cited 368×
• Victory Carriers, Inc. v. Law
  Supreme Court· 1972-01-24· cited 328×
• Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Perini North River Associates
  Supreme Court· 1983-01-11· cited 259×
• P. C. Pfeiffer Co. v. Ford
  Supreme Court· 1979-11-27· cited 246×
• Herb's Welding, Inc. v. Gray
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-18· cited 243×
• Sun Ship, Inc. v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 1980-08-22· cited 233×
• Askew v. American Waterways Operators, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-04· cited 213×
• Ronnie W. Longmire v. Sea Drilling Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-02-06· cited 137×
• Kathy L. Joiner, Etc. v. Diamond M Drilling Co. And Halliburton Company, and Third-Party v. Dr. C. Babson Fresh, Third-Party
  Third Circuit· 1982-06-07· cited 111×
• Pittston Stevedoring Corp. v. Dellaventura
  Second Circuit· 1976-07-01· cited 109×
• John R. Nations v. W. W. Morris and American Motorists Insurance Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1973-12-03· cited 63×
• Keith A. Boudreaux v. American Workover, Inc., Awi, Inc., Third-Party v. American Insurance Co., Third-Party
  Third Circuit· 1982-07-06· cited 61×
• El-Shifa Pharmaceutical Industries Company and Salah El Din Ahmed Mohammed Idris v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2004-08-11· cited 61×
• Altosino v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1997-09-11· cited 60×
• Robert Lee Parker v. South Louisiana Contractors, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1976-08-16· cited 58×
• New Orleans Depot Services, Inc. v. Director, Office of Worker's Compensation Programs
  Fifth Circuit· 2013-04-29· cited 56×
• John L. Peytavin v. Government Employees Insurance Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1972-01-07· cited 46×
• Delome v. Union Barge Line Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1971-06-08· cited 46×

Cites

23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Southern Pacific Company v. Jensen
  Supreme Court· 1916-02-28· cited 1,199×
• Rodrigue v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-09· cited 492×
• Gutierrez v. Waterman Steamship Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1963-06-17· cited 392×
• Davis v. Department of Labor and Industries of Wash.
  Supreme Court· 1942-12-21· cited 355×
• Grant Smith-Porter Ship Co. v. Rohde
  Supreme Court· 1922-01-03· cited 343×
• Washington v. W. C. Dawson & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1924-02-25· cited 268×
• Swanson v. Marra Brothers, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1946-04-22· cited 244×
• Calbeck v. Travelers Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court· 1962-06-04· cited 241×
• State Industrial Comm'n of NY v. Nordenholt Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1922-05-29· cited 220×
• Parker v. Motor Boat Sales, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1942-01-05· cited 203×
• T. Smith & Son, Inc. v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 1928-02-20· cited 140×
• De Lovio v. Boit
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts· 1815-10-15· cited 120×
• Cleveland Terminal & Valley Railroad Co. v. Cleveland Steamship Co.
  Supreme Court· 1908-02-24· cited 118×
• Minnie v. Port Huron Terminal Co.
  Supreme Court· 1935-06-03· cited 76×
• De Bardeleben Coal Corp. v. Henderson
  Fifth Circuit· 1944-05-10· cited 31×
• Michigan Mutual Liability Co. v. Arrien
  Second Circuit· 1965-04-05· cited 22×
• Johnson v. Traynor
  D. Maryland· 1965-06-22· cited 21×
• The Travelers Insurance Company and Levingston Shipbuilding Company v. R. J. Shea, Deputy Commissioner, and James D. McCollough
  Fifth Circuit· 1967-08-09· cited 20×
• Marine Stevedoring Corporation v. Oosting
  E.D. Virginia· 1965-02-08· cited 15×
• Michigan Mutual Liability Company v. Arrien
  S.D. New York· 1964-09-10· cited 12×

Other cases named Nacirema Operating Co. v. Johnson

3 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Nacirema Operating Co. v. Johnson
  Supreme Court· 1968-12-09
• Nacirema Operating Co. v. Johnson
  Supreme Court· 1969-05-19
• Nacirema Operating Co. v. Johnson
  Supreme Court· 1970-02-24