Hepp v. Petrie’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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

1. ““Lawyers of the English-speaking world have from time immemorial set up certain standards and observed certain practices in their relations with one another. Violation of these established practices or a failure to adhere to the standards so set up has always been considered unprofessional conduct, and, where moral turpitude is involved, is ground for disbarment. . . . “The latest and perhaps the most complete statement of these matters is to be found in canons of ethics, adopted by the American Bar Association. . . . Such authority as these canons have is derived not from the fact that they are approved by the American Bar Association but because they are statements of principles and rules accepted and acknowledged by reputable attorneys wherever the common law of England obtains, and are recognized and applied by courts in proper cases. Ellis v. Frawley, 165 Wis. 381 , 161 N. W. 364 .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. McCarthy

2. “not as mere money getting but as service of the highest order, not as a mere occupation but as a ministry”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 111 So. 2d 427 - State Ex Rel. Florida Bar v. Dawson

3. “Confidence in the courts is a necessary and indispensable factor in our national life.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Alia