In the Matter of Julius Lucius Echeles, an Attorney’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
1 district · 24 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently July 2015 · most notably Office of the Disciplinary Counsel v. Campbell (1975), 7 Cal. 3d 676 - Black v. State Bar (1972)
1 district · 24 state decisions — followed in 15 states
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 In the Matter of John Ruffalo Jr · Stern v. Board of Levee Commissioners · Wall · United States v. Echeles · In Re Pennica
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(D)isbarment and suspension proceedings are neither civil nor criminal in nature but are special proceedings, sui generis, ... they are not for the purpose of punishment, but rather ... to protect the courts and the public from the official ministration of persons unfit to practice.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In re DeLeon · In Re Larsen“While perhaps in a disbarment proceeding when the conviction of a felony is relied on as the sole ground for disbarment, there may be plausibility for the view that an acquittal or reversal should be conclusive and preclude disbarment merely on that ground, yet as a general rule the mere acquittal of a crime will not be a bar to a suspension of the attorney's right to practice or his disbarment for unprofessional conduct, based upon the same acts or conduct involved. A conviction may be prevented by technicalities or other matters not determinative of the merits of the case.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Court specifically took note of the difference in procedure authorized by Rule 8 between a summary disbarment or suspension for conviction of a felony, and a disbarment or suspension after notice and hearing for professional misconduct.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.