21 Cal. 3d 195 - In Re Rohan’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
49 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently March 2001 · most notably 39 Cal. 3d 729 - In Re Nevill (1985), 98 Cal. App. 3d 167 - Golde v. Fox (1979)
49 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
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 7203
Relies on 1 Cal. 3d 214 - Morrison v. State Board of Education · 15 Cal. 3d 878 - Segretti v. State Bar · 19 Cal. 3d 691 - Board of Education v. Jack M. · 6 Cal. 3d 562 - In Re Higbie · 43 Cal. 2d 243 - In Re Hallinan
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““An attorney as an officer of the court and counselor at law occupies a unique position in society. His refusal to obey the law, and the bar’s failure to discipline him for such refusal, will not only deme an the integrity of the profession but will encourage disrespect for and further violations of the law.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The commission of any act involving moral turpitude, dishonesty or corruption, whether the act is committed in the course of his relations as an attorney or otherwise, and whether the act is a felony or misdemeanor or not, constitutes a cause for disbarment or suspension.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““The purpose of State Bar disciplinary procedure is ‘to ensure that the public, the courts, and the professions are protected against unsuitable legal practitioners.’ (In re Higbie (1972) 6 Cal.3d at p. 570, 99 Cal.Rptr. at p. 869, 493 P.2d at p. 101; * * *.)””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.