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Baker V. Gold Seal Liquors, Inc. (1973)

 

Document 1

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 8th, 1974
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: William O. Douglas
Copied: Conference
On: May 8th, 1974
Action: Join Majority Opinion
Memos where a justice joins the majority opinion includes please join me; I agree; I am still with you; I acquiesce; I will go along; I dissent but will be silent; graveyard join or dissent. This code includes join of memorandum opinions if it is written by the assigned author, orders if it disposes of case, decrees, per curiam opinions. It also includes statements that the justice joins, but subject to what others might write.

Document 3

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: William O. Douglas
Copied: Conference
On: May 9th, 1974
Action: Join Majority Opinion
Memos where a justice joins the majority opinion includes please join me; I agree; I am still with you; I acquiesce; I will go along; I dissent but will be silent; graveyard join or dissent. This code includes join of memorandum opinions if it is written by the assigned author, orders if it disposes of case, decrees, per curiam opinions. It also includes statements that the justice joins, but subject to what others might write.

Document 4

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: William O. Douglas
Copied: Conference
On: May 10th, 1974
Action: Join Majority Opinion
Memos where a justice joins the majority opinion includes please join me; I agree; I am still with you; I acquiesce; I will go along; I dissent but will be silent; graveyard join or dissent. This code includes join of memorandum opinions if it is written by the assigned author, orders if it disposes of case, decrees, per curiam opinions. It also includes statements that the justice joins, but subject to what others might write.

Document 5

From: Byron R. White
To: William O. Douglas
Copied: Conference
On: May 10th, 1974
Action: Join Majority Opinion
Memos where a justice joins the majority opinion includes please join me; I agree; I am still with you; I acquiesce; I will go along; I dissent but will be silent; graveyard join or dissent. This code includes join of memorandum opinions if it is written by the assigned author, orders if it disposes of case, decrees, per curiam opinions. It also includes statements that the justice joins, but subject to what others might write.

Document 6

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 28th, 1974
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 7

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 29th, 1974
Action: Majority Opinion Author's Response
May be response to a suggestion, reservation, or a separate opinion; may also say that author will respond to another opinion; may state majority opinion author's change to opinion that was not prompted by another justice; may indicate that the opinion is different from the conference discussion; may be a circulation of a portion of the opinion (a footnote, multiple pages without circulating the whole opinion); may be a suggestion from the majority opinion author regarding several options for changing majority opinion; may be a suggestion from the author for a change that could be made to opinion

Document 8

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 31st, 1974
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 9

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 31st, 1974
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result

Document 10

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: June 2nd, 1974
Action: Join Concurrence
Memos where a justice states that they join a concurring opinion, including joining a concurrence in part, joining a concurrence in judgment or result, or joining a concurrence at foot. The identity of the concurring opinion author who receives the join is located in the JOINED variable.

Document 11

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 3rd, 1974
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 12

From: Warren E. Burger
To: William O. Douglas
Copied: Conference
On: June 5th, 1974
Action: Join Majority Opinion
Memos where a justice joins the majority opinion includes please join me; I agree; I am still with you; I acquiesce; I will go along; I dissent but will be silent; graveyard join or dissent. This code includes join of memorandum opinions if it is written by the assigned author, orders if it disposes of case, decrees, per curiam opinions. It also includes statements that the justice joins, but subject to what others might write.

Document 13

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 10th, 1974
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 14

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 10th, 1974
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 15

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 12th, 1974
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result