Disciplinary Proceedings Against Scanlan’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently January 2026 · most notably In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Lister (2007), Office of Lawyer Regulation v. Steven J. Sarbacker (2017)
30 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 Disciplinary Proceedings Against Widule · In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Carroll · 209 Wis. 2d 241 - In the Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Sosnay · 174 Wis. 2d 844 - Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Charlton · 104 Wis. 2d 117 - Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Norlin
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to violate a state supreme court rule, supreme court order or supreme court decision regulating the conduct of lawyers.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A lawyer shall act with reasonable diligence and promptness in representing a client.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) On or before the effective date of license suspension or revocation, an attorney whose license is suspended or revoked shall do all of the following: (a) Notify by certified mail all clients being represented in pending matters of the suspension or revocation and of the attorney's consequent inability to act as an attorney following the effective date of the suspension or revocation. (b) Advise the clients to seek legal advice of their choice elsewhere. (c) Promptly provide written notification to the court or administrative agency and the attorney for each party in a matter pending before a court or administrative agency of the suspension or revocation and of the attorney's consequent inability to act as an attorney following the effective date of the suspension or revocation. The notice shall identify the successor attorney of the attorney's client or, if there is none at the time notice is given, shall state the client's place of residence.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.