In re Morphis’s Empirical Analysis

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28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In the public interest, the Court has amended Louisiana Supreme Court Rule XIX to codify Permanent Disbarment as an available sanction for attorney misconduct. While the Court has always had the discretion to deny an application for readmission after the requisite five (5)-year waiting period after disbarment, an attorney who is permanently disbarred under these circumstances will be prohibited from applying for readmission to the bar. These amendments reflect the judgment of the Court that in some instances lawyer misconduct may be so egregious as to warrant a sanction of permanent disbarment based on the facts of an individual case and in consideration of the guidelines in Appendix E to the Rules of Lawyer Disciplinary Enforcement.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Elbert · In re Condoll

2. “(1) Disbarment by the court. In any order or judgment of the court in which a lawyer is disbarred, the court retains the discretion to permanently disbar the lawyer and permanently prohibit any such lawyer from being readmitted to the practice of law.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Hilburn · In re Elbert

3. “repeated or multiple instances of intentional conversion of client funds with substantial harm,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 950 So. 2d 570 - In Re Shortess · 26 So. 3d 139 - In Re Boyer