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Mtm, Inc. V. Baxley (1974)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 73-1119
Case Term: 1974

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

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

Document 2

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 15th, 1975
Action: Per Curiam Opinion
This refers to a draft per curiam opinion

Document 3

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: January 16th, 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 4

From: Potter Stewart
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: January 16th, 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 5

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: January 20th, 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 6

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: January 21st, 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 7

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 24th, 1975
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result

Document 8

From: Warren E. Burger
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: February 12th, 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 9

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: February 27th, 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 10

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 20th, 1975
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 11

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 22nd, 1975
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result

Document 12

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 28th, 1975
Action: Proposes Disposition of Held Cases
Memo lists cases held for an opinion and gives cert votes or votes on the merits for the held cases; justice may state that held cases should be discussed at conference