In Re Carson’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
76 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 76 later decisions — most recently October 2020 · most notably In Re Lober (2003), In Re Berg (1998)
76 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 Spencer v. Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance · State v. Zeigler · State v. Klassen · In Re the Accusation for Disbarment of Ratner · In Re Farmer
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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘[A]lthough the report of the disciplinary board “is advisory only, it will be given the same dignity as a special verdict by a jury, or the findings of a trial court, and will be adopted where amply sustained by the evidence, or where it is not against the clear weight of the evidence, or where the evidence consisted of sharply conflicting testimony.” [Citation omitted.]’ In re Carson, 252 Kan. 399, 406 , 845 P.2d 47 (1993).””
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Blase · In re Hawkins“The evidence presented in Carson I was not stale. The factual basis for the disciplinary proceeding was preserved when the memory of the witnesses was still fresh.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Murphy“there must be a showing of prejudice to the party asserting such delay as a defense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re Murphy
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.