In re Mintz’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

37 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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““6.12 Suspension is generally appropriate when a lawyer knows that false statements or documents are being submitted to the court or that material information is improperly being withheld, and takes no remedial action, and causes injury or potential injury to a party to the legal proceeding, or causes an adverse or potentially adverse effect on the legal proceeding. “6.22 Suspension is generally appropriate when a lawyer knows that he or she is violating a court order or rule, and causes injury or potential injury to a client or party, or causes interference or potential interference with a legal proceeding. “7.2 Suspension is generally appropriate when a lawyer knowingly engages in conduct that is a violation of a duty owed as a professional and causes injury or potential injury to a client, tire public, or the legal system.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Hall –

2. “The ABA Standards identify three mental states: 'intent,' the highest culpable mental state; 'knowledge,' the intermediate culpable mental state; and 'negligence,' the least culpable mental state. Under the ABA Standards, a lawyer acts intentionally when acting with the 'conscious objective or purpose to accomplish a particular result,' while a lawyer acts with knowledge when acting 'with conscious awareness of the nature or attendant circumstances of his or her conduct both without the conscious objective or 42 purpose to accomplish a particular result.' Finally, a lawyer acts negligently when failing 'to be aware . . . that a result will follow . . . .'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Murphy

3. “35. 'It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to . . . engage in any other conduct that adversely reflects on the lawyer's fitness to practice law.' KRPC 8.4(g). The respondent engaged in conduct that adversely reflects on her fitness to practice law when she repeatedly accompanied L.O. when he sold illegal drugs in Topeka, Kansas. Accordingly, the hearing panel concludes that the respondent violated KRPC 8.4(g).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Ahrens