In Re Wilkins’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “[Whe find that the respondent offered no evidence to support his contentions that, for example, the Court of Appeals was determined to find for appellee, no matter what. Without evidence, such statements should not be made anywhere. With evidence, they should be made to the Judicial Qualifications Commission.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 913 So. 2d 816 - In Re Simon · Lasater v. Lasater

2. “Lawyers are completely free to criticize the decisions of judges. However, as licensed professionals, they are not free to make recklessly false claims about a judge's integrity.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lasater v. Lasater

3. “are completely free to criticize the decisions of judges,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Butrum v. Roman