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Cox Broadcasting Corp. V. Cohn (1974)

 

Document 1

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 3rd, 1975
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 6th, 1975
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 3

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Byron R. White
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 4

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 8th, 1975
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 5

From: Potter Stewart
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: January 8th, 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: Thurgood Marshall
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: January 9th, 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 10th, 1975
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 8

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Byron R. White
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.
Action: Will Write Concurring Opinion
A memo where a justice states that he or she will circulate a concurring opinion draft, including that a concurring opinion will be out soon or that a revised draft of the concurring opinion will be circulated; this may also apply to opinions that concur in part or concur in the judgment or result

Document 9

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 15th, 1975
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 10

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 17th, 1975
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 11

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: January 17th, 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 H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 5th, 1975
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 13

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 12th, 1975
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 14

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: February 17th, 1975
Action: Suggestion to Majority Opinion
This includes memo with broad statements including that a justice cannot join the opinion, cannot join a part of the opinion, does not agree with the opinion, or has continuing doubts with the opinion; memos that indicate that the author's change is not enough; memos that make suggestions for specific changes to majority opinion or that express reservations about some aspect of the majority opinion; this code is also given for suggestions to memorandum opinions by an assigned author
Action: Concur in Judgment at Foot
This refers to a letter where a justice asks that a concurrence in judgment or the result be noted at the foot of an opinion, including a concur in judgment or result in part at foot

Document 15

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 19th, 1975
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 16

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 21st, 1975
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 17

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 21st, 1975
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 18

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 26th, 1975
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result

Document 19

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 28th, 1975
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft