43 Cal. 3d 962 - Guzzetta v. State Bar’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
77 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 4 Cal. 3d 786 - Himmel v. State Bar · 36 Cal. 3d 116 - Chefsky v. State Bar · 65 Cal. 2d 447 - Hallinan v. Committee of Bar Examiners · 37 Cal. 3d 1 - Alberton v. State Bar · 43 Cal. 3d 543 - Greenbaum 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 77 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... [A] member of the State Bar shall not withdraw from employment until he has taken reasonable steps to avoid foreseeable prejudice to the rights of his client, including giving due notice to his client, allowing time for employment of other counsel, delivering to the client all papers and property to which the client is entitled, and complying with applicable laws and rules.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A member of the State Bar shall not willfully ... [f]ail to use reasonable diligence and his best judgment in the exercise of his skill and in the application of his learning in an effort to accomplish, with reasonable speed, the purpose for which he is employed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“in the evidence should be resolved in favor of the attorney is simply a corollary to the well established rule that the State Bar bears the burden of proving charges of unprofessional conduct under a”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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