District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 9/11/1991
In Re Temple
Citations
- 596 A.2d 585
- 1991 WL 178232
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- explaining that “there must be a close nexus between the misconduct and the mitigating factor proffered, whether alcoholism, drug addiction or mental illness,” and holding that this test was met even though Temple “was able to manage an appearance of normalcy in his law practice”
- noting broad impact of prescription drug abuse on respondent’s life beyond legal practice
- “[disciplinary sanctions are not imposed as punishment, but as a means of assuring the attorney’s fitness to practice and for protecting the public from misconduct by attorneys- which may cause harm”
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Judges: Ferren, Terry, Wagner
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21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- In Re SlosbergDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1994-12-29· cited 98×
- In Re PiersonDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1997-02-28· cited 63×
- In Re TempleDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1993-08-12· cited 58×
- In Re PelsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1995-01-30· cited 35×
- In Re ApplerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1995-12-29· cited 23×
- In Re LopesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2001-04-12· cited 21×
- In Re StanbackDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1996-07-30· cited 17×
- In Re HopmayerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1993-05-27· cited 15×
- In Re MarshallDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2000-11-22· cited 15×
- In Re SoininenDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2001-10-25· cited 14×
- In Re BachDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2009-02-26· cited 13×
- In Re ZeigerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1997-04-24· cited 12×
- In Re BettisDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2004-08-05· cited 12×
- In Re CappellDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2004-07-22· cited 5×
- In Re SchlemmerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2005-03-17· cited 5×
- In Re ZakroffDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2007-10-25· cited 5×
- In Re WoodardDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1994-02-03· cited 2×
- In re MandelDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1992-03-27· cited 2×
- In re Wayne R. RohdeDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2018-08-30· cited 1×
- In re GardnerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1993-05-27· cited 1×
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