In Re Berk’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 78 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 84 later decisions — most recently August 2023 · most notably 202 W. Va. 556 - Lawyer Disciplinary Board v. Kupec (1998), In Re Blais (2002)
2 federal appellate · 78 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 In the Matter of John Ruffalo Jr · Matter of Kushner · In Re Wright · Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Simon · Matter of Gorman
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 84 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“are 'intended to protect the public from persons unfit to serve as attorneys and to maintain public confidence in the bar.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[T]his Court is the true final arbiter in [a disciplinary] matter. It is not the function of this Court ... to "review" actions taken below. The only final and ultimate decision is made here, on the responsibility of this Court. The Professional Conduct Board functions as a collator of the facts and an advisor to the Court, assembling and evaluating the presented material so that it will be in manageable form for the Court. The findings and recommendations of the Board, both as an arm of the Court and as a body representation of the profession, carry great weight . But they are not binding.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“An attorney acts in a position of public trust and is an officer of the court. He has a duty to the profession and the administration of justice, especially to uphold the laws of the state in which he practices.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. In re Doherty
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.