State v. Arnett’s Empirical Analysis

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3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In the face of these findings we are unable to say that appellee has been living a life of generally good conduct since he was disbarred on August IS, 1956, and has made full amends and restitution to all persons who may have suffered pecuniary loss by reason of the misconduct for which he was disbarred. This is what the law requires before a person who has been disbarred can be reinstated. When a disbarred attorney applies for reinstatement to the status of practicing attorney, the burden is upon him to show that he is entitled to be reinstated and is not upon the State to show the contrary. “The right to practice the profession of law is a very great privilege, and where a person has abused such privilege to the extent that he has been permanently disbarred from the legal profession, he should not be reinstated unless he has strictly complied with the provisions of the statutes and State Bar Rules relating to reinstatement.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Steere v. State Bar of Texas