In Re Heriberto Medrano’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently October 2023 · most notably Crowe v. Smith (1998), Travelhost, Inc. v. Blandford (1995)
10 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on In the Matter of John Ruffalo Jr · Cruzan Ex Rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health · Frazier v. Heebe · In re Thalheim · Pavlides v. Galveston Yacht Basin, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“[“Clear and convincing” is] that weight of proof which “produces in the mind of the trier of fact a firm belief or conviction as to the truth of the allegations sought to be established, evidence so clear, direct and weighty and convincing as to enable the fact finder to come to a clear conviction, without hesitancy, of the truth of the precise facts” of the case.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage“file a brief that sets out the grounds on which he relies to contend, under the factors of [Selling], that the panel should not revoke his membership in the bar of this court.” Order at 1-2. We have nevertheless considered this contention. 3 . Although these cases involve attorney discipline proceedings rather than reciprocal disbarment actions, we find the distinction to be immaterial in deciding whether attorneys enjoy the rights of criminal defendants. 4 . In In re Medrano the Fifth Circuit held that "[a] federal court may disbar an attorney only upon presentation of clear and convincing evidence sufficient to support the finding of one or more violations warranting this extreme sanction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(a) In representing a client, a lawyer shall not communicate ... about the subject of the representation with a person ... the lawyer knows to be represented by another lawyer regarding that subject, unless the lawyer has the consent of the other lawyer or is authorized by law to do so. [[Image here]] (d) When a person . .. that is represented by a lawyer in a matter seeks advice regarding that matter from another lawyer, the second lawyer is not prohibited by paragraph (a) from giving such advice without notifying or seeking consent of the first lawyer.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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