Thibodeaux v. J. Ray McDermott & Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• Robison does not “perforce make every case [of seaman status] one of fact for jury decision.”
• welder who lived, ate, and slept at home not a “seaman”
• held, unmanned barge, measuring 240' X 70', not a vessel

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Hattie Brazier v. W. B. Cherry
  Fifth Circuit· 1961-07-28· cited 226×
• Jerry Wayne Davis v. Hill Engineering, Inc. And Williams-Mcwilliams Co., Inc., Defendants
  Fifth Circuit· 1977-06-17· cited 193×
• Thomas W. Griffith v. Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corporation and American Commercial Lines, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1975-08-11· cited 149×
• Grigsby v. Coastal Marine Service of Texas, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1969-05-01· cited 115×
• Robert Bernard v. Binnings Construction Co., Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1984-09-17· cited 114×
• Peter Igneri and Theresa Igneri v. Cie. De Transports Oceaniques
  Second Circuit· 1963-09-18· cited 105×
• Pure Oil Company v. Tracy L. Snipes
  Fifth Circuit· 1961-06-30· cited 90×
• Gulfstream Cargo, Ltd. v. Reliance Insurance Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1969-03-28· cited 70×
• Ex Parte Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Company, Ltd., Ex Parte Aetna Casualty & Surety Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1963-08-29· cited 61×
• Nelson Abshire v. Seacoast Products, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-02-26· cited 58×
• Jeanette Holland, Administratrix of the Estate of Aaron James Holland, Deceased, Cross v. Allied Structural Steel Company, Inc., Crossappellees
  Fifth Circuit· 1976-09-27· cited 52×
• Mike Hooks, Inc. v. Gonzalo Pena
  Fifth Circuit· 1963-02-28· cited 50×
• Norma C. Guillot, Bobbie Lynn Guillot and Norman Andras v. Cenac Towing Company, Inc., as Owner of the Barge Murray Mac
  Fifth Circuit· 1966-09-27· cited 48×
• Seagraves v. Legg
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1962-10-16· cited 48×
• Michael D. Fox v. Taylor Diving & Salvage Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1983-01-14· cited 46×
• Mrs. Sam Rotolo v. The Halliburton Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1963-05-08· cited 40×
• Ellen Emerson v. Holloway Concrete Products Company, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1960-06-29· cited 38×
• Ralph O. Flowers v. Savannah MacHine & Foundry Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1962-12-27· cited 38×
• The Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York v. C/b Mr. Kim, Its Engines, Etc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1965-05-14· cited 33×
• Mrs. Barbara Jean Hornsby v. The Fish Meal Company, Jeraldine Fruge Williams v. Louisiana Menhaden Company, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1970-08-06· cited 33×

Cites

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

• Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1956-01-09· cited 1,330×
• Southern Pacific Company v. Jensen
  Supreme Court· 1916-02-28· cited 1,199×
• Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co.
  Supreme Court· 1958-03-03· cited 478×
• O'Leary v. Brown-Pacific-Maxon, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1951-02-26· cited 458×
• Offshore Co. v. Robison
  Fifth Circuit· 1959-04-30· cited 354×
• The Tungus v. Skovgaard
  Supreme Court· 1959-02-24· cited 273×
• Hitaffer v. Argonne Co., Inc
  D.C. Circuit· 1950-10-16· cited 206×
• Schulz v. Pennsylvania Railroad
  Supreme Court· 1956-04-09· cited 201×
• Hess v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1960-01-18· cited 163×
• T. Smith & Son, Inc. v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 1928-02-20· cited 140×
• Smither and Company, Inc. v. Franciska T. Coles
  D.C. Circuit· 1957-06-10· cited 126×
• Crawford v. Pope & Talbot, Inc. Lucibello v. Pope & Talbot, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1953-09-03· cited 114×
• The Admiral Peoples
  Supreme Court· 1935-06-03· cited 111×
• Braen v. Pfeifer Oil Transportation Co.
  Supreme Court· 1959-12-14· cited 107×
• Butler v. Whiteman
  Supreme Court· 1958-04-14· cited 105×
• Pennsylvania Railroad v. O'Rourke
  Supreme Court· 1953-03-09· cited 100×
• Clark v. Ellis
  Supreme Court· 1957-06-10· cited 100×
• Minnie v. Port Huron Terminal Co.
  Supreme Court· 1935-06-03· cited 76×
• Harvey v. Smyth
  Supreme Court· 1957-06-10· cited 61×
• Avondale Marine Ways, Inc. v. Henderson
  Supreme Court· 1953-11-16· cited 60×