583 So. 2d 307 - Florida Bar v. Della-Donna’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently October 2016
13 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 Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Schwalb · Nebraska v. Iowa · Dain Bosworth Inc. v. Johnson · In re Keenan · 131 So. 2d 472 - In Re Dawson
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[c]onduct while not acting as an attorney can subject one to disciplinary proceedings. The Florida Bar v. Hefty, 213 So.2d 422 (Fla.1968). As this Court has stated before, "`an attorney is an attorney is an attorney.'" The Florida Bar v. Bennett, 276 So.2d 481, 482 (Fla.1973). Even in personal transactions and when not acting as an attorney, attorneys must "avoid tarnishing the professional image or damaging the public." Id.; The Florida Bar v. Hooper, 507 So.2d 1078 (Fla.1987); State ex rel. The Florida Bar v. Clements, 131 So.2d 198 (Fla. 1961).... The practice of law is a privilege which carries with it responsibilities as well as rights. That an attorney might, as it were, wear different hats at different times does not mean that professional ethics can be "checked at the door" or that unethical or unprofessional conduct by a member of the legal profession can be tolerated.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[d]isciplinary actions cannot be used as a substitute for what should be addressed in private civil actions against attorneys. They are not intended as forums for litigating claims between attorneys and third parties. . . . We cannot and should not turn restitution as a condition to practicing our profession into a judgment for a third party.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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