Theard v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing inherent power of district courts to promulgate and enforce rules concerning disbarment of attorneys
• describing lawyer as “an officer of the court, and, like the court itself, an instrument or agency to advance the ends of justice”
• stating that disbarment is a necessary power to protect the public
• suspending an attorney although no action had taken by the state court
• finding state court disbarment decision “brings title deeds of high respect ... [b]ut it is not conclusively binding on the federal courts,” and concluding that federal court disbarment in that case was foreclosed by the “grave reason” prong of Selling
• \The court's control over a lawyer's professional life derives from his relation to the responsibilities of a court.\

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Cited by

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

• In Re Ruffalo
  Supreme Court· 1968-05-27· cited 994×
• Gentile v. State Bar of Nev.
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-27· cited 552×
• In Re Snyder
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-24· cited 385×
• State Bar of Nevada v. Claiborne
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1988-05-18· cited 273×
• Neal Clark v. State of Washington, and Washington State Bar Association, an Agency of State Government, the State Bar of California, Amicus Curiae
  Ninth Circuit· 1966-10-31· cited 215×
• Frazier v. Heebe
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-19· cited 196×
• In Re: Robert B. Surrick
  Third Circuit· 2003-08-01· cited 158×
• United States v. Barbara Mouzin, United States of America v. Alfonso Carvajal
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-03-18· cited 143×
• Landon Zuckerman and Sam Haber v. Appellate Division, Second Department, Supreme Court of the State of New York
  Second Circuit· 1970-01-29· cited 141×
• United States v. McKinney
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-05-18· cited 130×
• United States v. Nathan George Dinitz
  Fifth Circuit· 1976-09-20· cited 125×
• In Re Cook
  Sixth Circuit· 2009-01-06· cited 123×
• Martin Erdmann v. Harold A. Stevens
  Second Circuit· 1972-04-12· cited 115×
• Martori Bros. Distributors v. James-Massengale
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-01-30· cited 114×
• Nick C. Spanos v. Skouras Theatres Corporation, Theatre & Cinema, Inc., Philhamboro, Inc., Youngstown Theatre Corporation and Modern Playhouses, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1966-08-02· cited 109×
• Crowe v. Smith
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-08-12· cited 108×
• United States v. John Novak
  Second Circuit· 1990-05-14· cited 105×
• John Doe v. E. E. Pringle
  Tenth Circuit· 1976-12-27· cited 102×
• Neil S. MacKay v. The Honorable Buell A. Nesbett and the Honorable John H. Dimond
  Ninth Circuit· 1969-08-07· cited 93×
• Dailey v. Vought Aircraft Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-05-12· cited 90×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NM
  Supreme Court· 1957-05-06· cited 1,276×
• Messenger v. Anderson
  Supreme Court· 1912-06-07· cited 891×
• Konigsberg v. State Bar of Cal.
  Supreme Court· 1957-06-17· cited 333×
• Selling v. Radford
  Supreme Court· 1917-03-06· cited 254×
• Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. Theard
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1954-03-22· cited 12×
• Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. Theard
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1952-12-15· cited 8×
• Delvaille H. Theard v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 1956-01-31· cited 3×

Other cases named Theard v. United States

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Theard v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1956-06-04
• Theard v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1956-10-08