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← 472 SW3D 549 - In re: Eric Alexander Farris

In re: Eric Alexander Farris’s Empirical Analysis

2015

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
August 2019
most recently cited

4 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on In Re Wilson · Attorney Grievance Commission v. Nwadike · In Matter of Conner · In Re Oliver · In Re Beckmann

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

  1. “reviews the evidence de novo, independently determining all issues pertaining to credibility of witnesses and the weight of the evidence, and draws its own conclusions of law.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “Mitigating factors do not constitute a defense to a finding of misconduct. But they may justify a downward departure from the presumptively proper discipline.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
  3. “siphoning trust account funds into his office account and paying personal, non-office related bills and expenses”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent

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.