53 Cal. 3d 21 - Grim v. State Bar’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 11 Cal. 3d 210 - Emslie v. State Bar · Bradpiece v. State Bar · 38 Cal. 3d 525 - Smith v. State Bar · 10 Cal. 3d 742 - Bradpiece v. State Bar · 43 Cal. 3d 1357 - Lawhorn v. State Bar
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Misappropriation is more than a grievous breach of professional ethics. It violates basic notions of honesty and endangers public confidence in the legal profession.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.