State v. Russell’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
12 district · 48 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 63 later decisions — most recently January 2021 · most notably In Re Comfort (2007), In Re Landrith (2005)
12 district · 48 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 New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · National Association for Advancement of Colored People v. Y Button · Branzburg v. Hayes · Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NM · Stromberg v. People of State of California
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 63 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(A) A lawyer shall not: (4) Engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““[L]awyers are subject to discipline for improper conduct in connection with business activities, individual or personal activities, and activities as a judicial, governmental or public official. [Citations omitted.] A lawyer is bound by the Code of Professional Responsibility adopted by rule of this court in every capacity in which the lawyer acts, whether acting as a lawyer or not.” Russell, 227 Kan. at 902.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Pyle“careful weighing and balancing of the respective interests”
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.