419 So. 2d 145 - In Re Branan’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently April 2016
22 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 387 So. 2d 81 - Salter v. State · 328 So. 2d 665 - Bass v. State
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“On recommendation of the commission on judicial performance, the supreme court may remove from office, suspend, fine or publicly censure or reprimand any justice or judge of this state for: . .. (b) willful misconduct in office; ... (e) conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice which brings the judicial office into disrepute... .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“if the complaints against a judge constitute more than one of the proscribed categories pursuant to our state constitution.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Sanction: Public Reprimand $2,000-00 fine Violation of several Canons, specifically enumerated Canons 1, 2A, 3B, 5C; violation of § 177A, willful and persistent failure to perform his duties and conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice which brings the judicial office into disrepute Offense: 1) Utilized the criminal process to collect civil debts 2) Failed to properly docket and process bad checks 3) Violated statutory provisions of the Mississippi Code respecting the jurisdiction of the justice court 4) Failed to properly collect and account for contributions to the county law library fund 5) Collected fees in excess of the statutory maximum and paid fees in excess of the statutory maximum to court officials 6) Had a pecuniary interest in the outcome of litigation filed in his court”
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.