In Re Hines’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
38 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently January 2014 · most notably Matter of Addams (1990), In Re Hutchinson (1987)
38 state decisions
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 Bullock v. United States · Copperweld Corp. v. Independence Tube Corp. · Office of the Disciplinary Counsel v. Campbell · Matter of Haupt · In Re Harrison
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he rule endorses the Board’s exercise of broad discretion in handing out discipline that is subject only to a general review for abuse in that discretion’s exercise. The rule requires that we enforce a general sense of equality in the sanctions handed out, but it otherwise commands that we should respect the Board’s sense of equity in these matters unless that exercise of judgment proves to be unreasonable.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Hutchinson · In Re Hutchinson“[The Court] shall adopt the recommended disposition of the Board unless to do so would foster a tendency toward inconsistent dispositions for comparable conduct or otherwise would be unwarranted.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Powell · Matter of Velasquez“(A) A lawyer shall not: [[Image here]] (4) Engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Matter of Addams
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.