In Re Handy’s Empirical Analysis

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6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Public confidence in the judicial system is eroded by irresponsible and improper conduct by judges. We have concluded that respondent’s act constituted violations of the Canons of Judicial Conduct, as set forth above. The acts of respondent are inimical to and incompatible with the high standards of conduct imposed on members of the judiciary.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Groneman