In Re Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “misconduct on the bench is . . . more serious than the same misconduct off the bench.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Coffey’s Case · In Re Rose

2. “misconduct that is prejudicial to the actual administration of justice is more serious than misconduct that is prejudicial only to the appearance of propriety,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Rose

3. “misconduct that does not implicate the actual administration of justice, or its appearance of impropriety, is less serious than misconduct that does.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Rose