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United States V. Mazurie (1974)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 73-1018
Case Term: 1974

Justices Involved

Justice William H. Rehnquist
Justice Potter Stewart
Justice William O. Douglas
Justice Lewis F. Powell
Justice Byron R. White
Justice Harry A. Blackmun
Justice Warren E. Burger
Justice Thurgood Marshall
Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.

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Document 1

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: December 20th, 1974
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: Potter Stewart
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: December 20th, 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: William O. Douglas
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: December 21st, 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: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: December 24th, 1974
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 5

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: December 27th, 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: Byron R. White
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: December 30th, 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 7

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: January 6th, 1975
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 8

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: None
On: January 10th, 1975
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 9

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 13th, 1975
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 10

From: Warren E. Burger
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: January 13th, 1975
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 11

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: January 14th, 1975
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 12

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: January 14th, 1975
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.