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In Re Cater’s Empirical Analysis

2005

Citation profile

60
cited by 60 later decisions
4
states following
June 2019
most recently cited

60 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on In Re Delaney · Attorney Grievance Commission v. Zuckerman · In Re Roundtree · In Re Hutchinson · Matter of Haupt

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

  1. “'(1) the nature and circumstances of the misconduct for which the attorney was disciplined; (2) whether the attorney recognizes the seriousness of the misconduct; (3) the attorney's conduct since discipline was imposed, including the steps taken to remedy past wrongs and prevent future ones; (4) the attorney's present character; and (5) the attorney's present qualifications and competence to practice law.'”
    6 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “'[T]o justify requiring a suspended attorney to prove fitness as a condition of reinstatement, the record in the disciplinary proceeding must contain clear and convincing evidence that casts a serious doubt upon the attorney's continuing fitness to practice law.'”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “'evidence that will produce in the mind of the trier of fact a firm belief or conviction as to the facts sought to be established.’ ” In re Cater, 887 A.2d 1, 24 (D.C. 2005) (quoting In re Dortch, 860 A.2d 346, 358 (D.C. 2004)). 5 . The Hearing Committee found that”
    2 later decisions 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.