31 Cal. 3d 748 - Gordon v. State Bar’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
47 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bradpiece v. State Bar · 3 Cal. 3d 381 - Demain v. State Bar · 10 Cal. 3d 742 - Bradpiece v. State Bar · 20 Cal. 3d 552 - Inniss v. State Bar · 20 Cal. 3d 73 - Fitzpatrick v. State Bar
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`Although the State Bar's recommendation as to discipline is entitled to great weight ... we exercise our independent judgment in determining the appropriate punishment for professional misconduct....'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“`Our principal concern is always the protection of the public, the preservation of confidence in the legal profession, and the maintenance of the highest possible professional standard for attorneys.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.