State v. Merski’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 2 district · 32 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently February 2017 · most notably Brooks v. New Hampshire Supreme Court (1996), State v. Chaisson (1983)
3 federal appellate · 2 district · 32 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Hoffman v. United States · Santoni v. United States · Bullock v. United States · Rogers v. United States · In the Matter of John Ruffalo Jr
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The primary purpose underlying the imposition of confidentiality is to protect the reputation of an attorney. A second purpose is to protect the anonymity of complainants. A third purpose is to maintain the integrity of pending grievance committee investigations. It has been held that the privilege is not of the attorney alone but of the State bar. The attorney waives it when he places his reputation as an attorney in issue. But his waiver does not affect the privilege of the State bar acting for itself and the public. There is an equally weighty state interest, namely, that of preventing public disclosure that would endanger the interests of those from whom . the State has. obtained information on a confidential basis.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Burling““The purpose of lawyer discipline is not to punish the attorney, but to maintain appropriate standards of professional conduct for the protection of the public and the maintenance of public confidence in the bar. By removing from the profession a person whose misconduct has proved him unfit to be entrusted with the duties and responsibilities belonging to the office of an attorney, the public and those charged with the administration of justice are protected.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bourdon's Case““did purposely obtain [$5,989.50], the property of Jane W. Brabitz, Executrix of the Estate of Evelyn R. Wells, with a purpose to withhold said money for so extended a period that a substantial portion of its economic value or of the use and benefit thereof would be lost, by withdrawing [$5,989.50] from Savings Account No. 01-006408-7 at the Indian Head National Bank, without authority to do so, in violation [of RSA 637:3].””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Merski
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.