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Hampton V. Mow Sun Wong (1974)

 

Document 1

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: None
On: January 26th, 1975
Action: Suggestion before Majority Opinion Circulated
Justice makes a suggestion or lays out position in the case before the majority opinion is circulated; discussion of issues before an opinion has been drafted; memo laying out other justice's position or describing how other justices’ have voted so far in the case; lays out position without directing it at a circulating opinion

Document 2

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: None
On: January 26th, 1975
Action: Memo Regarding Meeting Time, Place or Agenda
Memo may suggest that the justice talk or discuss an issue at conference; memo may maintain that no further conference discussion is needed; memo may state that a justice will be away

Document 3

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: None
On: January 28th, 1975
Action: Memo About Opinion Assignment
This excludes memos that assign the opinion (see Code 606), but includes memos where a justice expresses the view that a case should be reassigned or a response to a majority opinion assignment; justice may request that majority opinion not be assigned to that justice; a justice may question why the opinion was not assigned; a justice (perhaps the Chief Justice) may tell a justice to assign the opinion; a memo may discuss not assigning the opinion to any justice
Action: Suggestion before Majority Opinion Circulated
Justice makes a suggestion or lays out position in the case before the majority opinion is circulated; discussion of issues before an opinion has been drafted; memo laying out other justice's position or describing how other justices’ have voted so far in the case; lays out position without directing it at a circulating opinion

Document 4

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: None
On: February 10th, 1975
Action: Case Should be Reargued
Includes statement that maybe case should be reargued