Beene v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1860
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently June 2013 · most notably Wall (1882), Wernimont v. State ex rel. Little Rock Bar Ass'n (1911)
3 federal appellate · 27 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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 Burr · Cossart v. State
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““On one hand, the profession of an attorney is of great importance to an individual, and the prosperity of his whole life may depend on Ms exercise. The right to exercise it ought not to he lightly or capriciously taken from him. On the other, it is extremely desirable that the respectability of the bar should be maintained, and that its harmony with the bench should be preserved. For these objects, some controlling power, some discretion, ought to reside in the court. This discretion ought to be exercised with great moderation and judgment, but it must be exercised.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Boone““But whether the court proceed raider the statute, or in the exercise of its inherent power for offenses not embraced in the statute, the attorney is entitled to notice, and an opportunity to be heard in defense. The practice in the língiish and American courts is for the court to issue a rule upon the attorney, reciting the substance of the information or charges against him, and: requiring him to show cause why he should not bo stricken from the roll”— citing several authorities.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Barnes v. Lyons“The power of the court to punish summarily for contempt, by fine and imprisonment, is one thing, and its power to strike an attorney from the roll is another and distinct thing, though the misconduct for which an attorney may be disbarred, may in some instances, involve a contempt of court.”
1 later decision 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.