Suffling v. Bondurant’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 4 district · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Shapiro v. Thompson · Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NM · Keenan v. Board of Law Examiners of State of NC · 329 F. Supp. 391 - Lipman v. Van Zant · 321 F. Supp. 1259 - Webster v. Wofford
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"A state may require its bar members to be of good moral character and fit to practice their profession." Suffling v. Bondurant, D.C., 339 F. Supp. 257, 259 (1972).”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“. A State can require high standards of qualification, such as good moral character or proficiency in its law, before it admits an applicant to the bar, but any qualification must have a rational connection with the applicant’s fitness or capacity to practice law. .”
1 later decision 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.