In Re: Michael J. Hoare’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Such conduct, when committed by an officer of the court, constitutes a failure to maintain personal integrity, reflects upon one’s fitness to practice law, and brings the bench and the bar into disrepute. [Citations omitted.] Offending conduct need not involve direct questions of honesty or trustworthiness, nor have an immediate relation to the daily business conducted by an attorney, in order to warrant substantial discipline. [Citations omitted.]” In re Hoare, 155 F.3d at 940 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Statewide Grievance Committee v. Small, No. Cv 94-0541637s (Mar. 18, 1999) · In Re Frahm

2. ““Courts have long recognized their authority to suspend or disbar attorneys, an inherent power derived from the attorney’s role as an officer of the court that granted admission.” In Re Hoare, 155 F.3d 937, 940 (8th Cir.1998). As such, a court’s power to discipline members of its bar is “autonomous.” In re Attorney Discipline Matter, 98 F.3d 1082, 1087 (8th Cir.1996) (citing Theard v. United States, 354 U.S. 278, 281 , 77 S.Ct. 1274 , 1 L.Ed.2d 1342 (1957)).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 550 F. Supp. 2d 768 - In Re Moncier

3. “[a]ctions produce consequences; reckless actions sometimes beget tragic consequences. The consequences of Hoare's reckless actions, though unintended, were in no sense unforeseeable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Statewide Grievance Committee v. Small, No. Cv 94-0541637s (Mar. 18, 1999)