20 Cal. 3d 708 - Wells v. State Bar’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ehlert v. United States · 15 Cal. 3d 878 - Segretti v. State Bar · 11 Cal. 3d 210 - Emslie v. State Bar · 11 Cal. 3d 436 - Yokozeki v. State Bar · 9 Cal. 3d 704 - Lewis v. State Bar
Most-quoted passages
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“This court must independently examine the record, reweigh the evidence, and pass on its sufficiency in State Bar disciplinary matters.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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