Miss. Jud. Performance Com'n v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “There are good reasons why our justice court judges must regard scrupulously the nature of their office. In the first place, most of our citizens have their primary, if not their only, direct contact with the law through the office of the justice court judge. See In re Garner, 466 So.2d 884, 887 (Miss. 1985). The perception of justice of most of our citizens is forged out of their experiences with our justice court judges. If these judges do not behave with judicial temperament and perform their duties according to the law and by reference to the process of adjudication, there seems little hope that our citizenry at large may understand and respect the legal process. [In re] Bailey, 541 So.2d [1036] at 1049 [(Miss. 1989)].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 565 So. 2d 1117 - Judicial Performance Com'n v. Walker

2. “Sanction: Suspension from Office Violation of Canons 1, 2A, 2B, 3A(1), 3C(1)(a), 3C(1)(c), 3(1)(d)(i); violation of § 177A, conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice which brings the judicial office into disrepute Offense: 1) Holding office of Mayor while also holding office of municipal court judge 2) Felony conviction 3) Four (4) misdemeanor convictions”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 565 So. 2d 1117 - Judicial Performance Com'n v. Walker

3. “conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice which brings the judicial office into disrepute,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 631 So. 2d 758 - In Re Grant