In Re Donaghy’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 15 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The punishment to be inflicted by disbarment of an attorney is the destruction of his professional life. Only clear and satisfactory proof can justify a decision from which would flow consequences of such a grave nature. ( People ex rel. Deneen v. Matthews, 217 Ill. 94 .) To justify disbarment the case made must be free from doubt, not only as to the act charged but as to the motive with which it was done. ( People ex rel. Chicago Bar Ass'n v. Ader, 263 Ill. 319 .) * * * The evidence of guilt of the accused with reference to the transactions charged must be clear, and it is not sufficient that the evidence shows a state of facts not entirely creditable to the respondent and the other parties to the transaction."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 69 Ill. 2d 355 - In Re Kien

2. ““Such duty, and the manner in which it is exercised, must not be despotic, but the charges must be sustained by clear and convincing proof and the misconduct must be shown to have been fraudulent and the result of improper motives, and the proof must show intent, (in re Smith, 365 Ill. 11 .) The courts must not exercise their supervisory control in an arbitrary manner, but must show a legal discretion in the exercise thereof. In re Lasecki, 358 Ill. 69 .” (In re Donaghy (1948), 402 Ill. 120, 123 .)”

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