In Re Kouros’s Empirical Analysis

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5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A judge shall respect and comply with the law and shall act at all times in a manner that promotes public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Hawkins · The Honorable Kimberly J. Brown, Judge of the Marion Superior Court

2. “This misconduct was not isolated but included a persistent failure to perform judicial duties over a substantial period.... It included certifications to this Court that were not accurate.... Lesser, non-punitive attempts have failed to bring Respondent's judicial performance to an acceptable level. Before outside intervention, Respondent's colleagues on the bench in the Criminal Division spoke with Respondent about ways of improving her efficiency with case processing, including dictation. They also offered to help with Respondent's caseload by allowing the magistrates to do more of the work in Respondent's court and by taking some of her cases. Before initiating this judicial discipline proceeding, the Commission made an informal inquiry that concluded in early 2002 when its counsel wrote to Respondent warning her regarding disorder and the appearance of disorder in her court. In two administrative proceedings ... we called Respondent's attention to her backlog problem and allowed her an opportunity to correct it. In the second, we even provided Respondent with a detailed set of standards to help eliminate the backlog in her cases and prevent it from recurring. Despite the approximately six-month suspension that we ordered in [the see-ond proceeding], Respondent was unable, onee reinstated, to perform in accordance with this Court's directives. In sum, the facts reflect not only Respondent's failure to manage her caseload in accordance with the minimum standards that we pro”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Hawkins

3. “Upon finding judicial misconduct, this Court may impose a variety of sanctions....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Danikolas