In Re Shearin’s Empirical Analysis

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26 state decisions

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

1. “in the event that Ms. Shearin should seek reinstatement, the Board may consider, inter alia, whether she has familiarized herself with the Standards of Civility in Professional Conduct issued by the District of Columbia Bar.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Bernstein

2. “Points not urged in a party’s initial brief are treated as abandoned.”) (citations omitted). In tiny event, we do not think that the use of the phrase”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bausch v. District of Columbia Police & Firefighters' Retirement & Relief Board