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Albemarle Paper Co. V. Moody (1974)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 74-389
Case Term: 1974

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 22nd, 1975
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: May 22nd, 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 3

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 22nd, 1975
Action: Cover Memo to Majority Opinion or Per Curiam Opinion
This includes a cover memo to memorandum opinion if written by the assigned author; cover memo to changes to majority opinion

Document 4

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 4th, 1975
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 5

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: June 6th, 1975
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 6

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 13th, 1975
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 7

From: Byron R. White
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: June 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 8

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 17th, 1975
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 9

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 17th, 1975
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 10

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 18th, 1975
Action: Unlabeled Opinion
This refers to an opinion draft that is not labeled as a dissent, concurrence, or memorandum

Document 11

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 19th, 1975
Action: Concur in Part and Dissent in Part
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in part and dissents in part, including opinions that concur in judgment and dissent (or dissent in part), concur in judgment in part and dissent (or dissent in part), or dissent in one docket and concurs in another docket

Document 12

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 19th, 1975
Action: Unlabeled Opinion
This refers to an opinion draft that is not labeled as a dissent, concurrence, or memorandum

Document 13

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: June 19th, 1975
Action: Cover Memo to Separate Opinion
This indicates a cover memo to any separate opinion, including concurring, dissenting, or any other type of separate opinion

Document 14

From: William O. Douglas
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: June 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.