People v. Susman’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 33 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently February 2020 · most notably People v. Varallo (1996), Razatos v. Colorado Supreme Court (1984)
2 federal appellate · 33 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 11 Cal. 3d 436 - Yokozeki v. State Bar · Bradpiece v. State Bar · 8 Cal. 3d 842 - In Re Fahey · 10 Cal. 3d 742 - Bradpiece v. State Bar · 18 Cal. 3d 125 - Gassman v. State Bar
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(A) A lawyer shall not: (3) Neglect a legal matter entrusted to him.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. People v. Susman · People v. Yost“the ultimate and exelusive responsibility for the structure and administration of disciplinary proceedings against lawyers.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. People v. Kanwal“(A) A lawyer shall not: [[Image here]] (4) Engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. People v. Susman
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.