The Florida Bar v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 538 So. 2d 852 - The Florida Bar v. Anderson · 753 So. 2d 555 - Johnson v. State · State Ex Rel. Nebraska State Bar Ass'n v. Denton · 705 So. 2d 1387 - The Florida Bar v. Jordan · 697 So. 2d 828 - The Florida Bar v. Nowacki
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[h]is behavior toward two of his clients in the two separate incidents at issue in this case demonstrates severe moral turpitude, and his character and conduct are wholly inconsistent with approved professional standards. Under no circumstances should clients be exposed to the type of conduct exhibited by McHenry. It breeds contempt and distrust of lawyers to permit a lawyer involved in such conduct to remain a lawyer.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[e]ven the slightest hint of sexual coercion or intimidation directed at a client must be avoided at all costs.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A lawyer shall not... engage in sexual conduct with a client that exploits the lawyer-client relationship.”
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.