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Vaughan v. Atkinson

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Limited by some courts
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Citation
369 U.S. 527
Decided
Confirmed treatments
1
Flagged citations read
42 of 42
Citing cases (total)
42
Treatment dates
1989
Limited by some courts
At least one reviewed court has limited this case’s holding to narrower facts or a narrower rule. No reviewed court has overruled it. Vaughan v. Atkinson is limited among the reviewed cases: all 42 flagged citations have been read, with one confirmed treatment listed below. The First Circuit held that Vaughan's statement about agreements affecting maintenance and cure did not bar enforcement of a collectively bargained daily maintenance rate.
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The other citing opinions applied Vaughan, discussed other precedents, or presented arguments and dissents the court did not adopt.

Every treatment on this page is written from the citing opinion itself, with a verbatim quote, never copied from a commercial citator. A citation flagged by our screen but not shown here was read and found not to weaken this case.

42 later cases cite Vaughan v. Atkinson; 42 of those citations sat close to treatment language and were flagged for reading, and all of them have been read. Citations that did not sit near treatment language were not flagged and were not read one by one, so a court that weakened this case without using any of that language would not appear here.

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Treatments

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  • The First Circuit treated Vaughan's statement that agreements cannot abrogate maintenance and cure as dictum and enforced a collectively bargained daily maintenance rate.

    MacEdo v. F/V Paul & Michelle · First Circuit · filed

    Vaughan’s statement also was dictum — in neither case had there been a waiver agreement. ... Collective bargaining agreements — highly approved generally — present a quite different question. ... We hold this acceptable. Plaintiffs maintenance stands at $10.
    Read the full opinion on CourtListener →

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