In Re Meeker’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 4 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 15 later decisions — most recently February 1985
2 federal appellate · 4 district · 7 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 Cardillo v. United States · Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Harriet Bouslog Sawyer · State v. Compton · Lucero Ex Rel. Lucero v. Torres · Baros v. Kazmierczwk
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.
““* * * When one’s fancy leads him to make false charges, attacking the character and integrity of others, he does so at his peril. He should. not do so without adequate proof of his charges and he is certainly not authorized to make careless, untruthful and vile charges against his professional brethren.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The Canons of Professional Ethics must be enforced by the courts and must be respected by members of the bar if we are to maintain public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the administration of justice.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re Smith · In Re Roberts““1. The Duty of the Lawyer to the Courts. It is the duty of the lawyer to maintain towards the Courts a respectful attitude, not for the sake of the temporary incumbent of the judicial office, but for the maintenance of its supreme importance. Judges, not being wholly free to defend themselves, are peculiarly entitled to receive the support of the Bar against unjust criticism and clamor. Whenever there is proper ground for serious complaint of a judicial officer, it is the right and duty of the lawyer to submit his grievances to the proper authorities. In such cases, but not otherwise, such charges should be encouraged and the person making them should be protected.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.