Ex Parte Robinson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the district court could not disbar an attorney under the predecessor, to § 401
• \Before a judgment disbarring an attorney is rendered he should have ... ample opportunity of explanation and defence.\
• \Before a judgment disbarring an attorney is rendered he should have notice of the grounds of complaint against him and ample opportunity of explanation and defence.\
• “The moment the courts of the United States were called into existence and invested with jurisdiction over any subject, they became possessed of [certain inherent] power.”
• “Before a judgment disbarring an attorney is rendered he should have . . . ample opportunity of explanation and defence.”
• “Before a judgment disbarring an attorney is rendered he should have notice of the grounds of complaint against him and ample opportunity of explanation and defence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

107 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Eash v. Riggins Trucking Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1985-03-15· cited 236×
• United States v. Richard A. Horn
  First Circuit· 1994-07-25· cited 206×
• Steven Mark Lasar v. Ford Motor Company, and Lawrence Sutter
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-03-03· cited 146×
• Unnamed case
  First Circuit· 1985-01-31· cited 131×
• In the Matter of Hipp, Inc., Debtor. Thomas J. Griffith, Trustee v. David Oles
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-04-18· cited 116×
• Brenda Chilcutt v. United States of America, Randell P. Means, in His Individual Capacity
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-12-22· cited 113×
• Crowe v. Smith
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-08-12· cited 108×
• In Re Orthopedic Bone Screw Products Liability Litigation Mdl
  Third Circuit· 1997-12-22· cited 108×
• Dailey v. Vought Aircraft Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-05-12· cited 90×
• Kleiner v. First National Bank
  Eleventh Circuit· 1985-01-31· cited 89×
• State v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1989-09-22· cited 84×
• Nasco, Inc. v. Calcasieu Television and Radio, Inc., and G. Russell Chambers, and Richard A. Curry, Edwin A. McCabe and A.J. Gray, III
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-02-06· cited 82×
• Institute of Cetacean Research v. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-12-19· cited 75×
• In Re Sequoia Auto Brokers, Ltd., Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1987-09-14· cited 72×
• STATE Ex Rel OREGON STATE BAR v. LENSKE
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1965-11-03· cited 72×
• In Re Darwin Charles Brown
  D.C. Circuit· 1971-11-02· cited 65×
• Bowens v. Atlantic Maintenance Corp.
  E.D. New York· 2008-04-23· cited 62×
• United States v. Aleo
  Sixth Circuit· 2012-05-15· cited 57×
• United States v. Moussaoui
  Fourth Circuit· 2007-03-14· cited 50×
• David J. Gallo, Movant-Appellant v. United States District Court for the District of Arizona, Real Party in Interest-Appellee
  Ninth Circuit· 2003-12-09· cited 49×