Revolving Door’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 4 state decisions

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

1. ““Matter” includes any judicial or other proceeding, application, request for a ruling or other determination, contract, claim, controversy, investigation, charge, accusation, arrest or other particular matter involving a specific party or parties.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Laker Airways Ltd. v. Pan American World Airways · Brown v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment

2. “A lawyer shall not at any time accept private employment in connection with any matter in which he or she participated personally and substantially as a public officer or employee, which includes acting on the merits of a matter in a judicial capacity.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Laker Airways Ltd. v. Pan American World Airways · Brown v. District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment

3. “If a lawyer is required to decline employment or to withdraw from employment under a Disciplinary Rule, other than DR 2- 110(B)(3) or (B)(4) or DR 6-101(A)(l), or, in appropriate cases, DR 5-101(A), no partner, or associate, or any other lawyer affiliated with him or his firm, may accept or continue such employment, provided that any imputed disqualification or restrictions that attach because a lawyer was a public employee shall be determined under Canon 9.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Committee for Washington's Riverfront Parks v. Thompson