In Re Bitter’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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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. “to exclude from the practice of law those persons possessing character traits that are likely to result in injury to future clients, in the obstruction of the administration of justice, or in a violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Robert Grundstein

2. “Although willing to accept applicant's rehabilitation since his past criminal infractions, we cannot ignore applicant's seemingly chronic inability to honestly and completely answer questions about his past.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Robert Grundstein

3. “'False, misleading or evasive answers to bar application questionnaires may be grounds for a finding of lack of requisite character and fitness.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Robert Grundstein