From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: June 20th, 1975
Action: Cover Memo to Memorandum Opinion or Per Curiam Opinion (not assigned author)Cover Memo to Memorandum Opinion or Per Curiam Opinion (not assigned author)
Action: Memo About Opinion AssignmentThis 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 CirculatedJustice 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