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Mckinney V. Alabama (1974)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 74-532
Case Term: 1974

Justices Involved

Justice Lewis F. Powell
Justice Harry A. Blackmun
Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.

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Document 1

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 12th, 1975
Action: Memos about Cert Votes
A justice's cert vote (grant, deny, or note probable jurisdiction, join three); suggest they grant cert for specific issue; discussion of which questions cert grant should be limited to; adhere to cert vote; memo about cert petition (e.g., listing it on the conference list (special order list)); case should be relisted; make suggestions to proposed questions in case; any memo about listing or relisting a case

Document 2

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: Conference
On: June 13th, 1975
Action: Memos about Cert Votes
A justice's cert vote (grant, deny, or note probable jurisdiction, join three); suggest they grant cert for specific issue; discussion of which questions cert grant should be limited to; adhere to cert vote; memo about cert petition (e.g., listing it on the conference list (special order list)); case should be relisted; make suggestions to proposed questions in case; any memo about listing or relisting a case

Document 3

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 13th, 1975
Action: Memos about Cert Votes
A justice's cert vote (grant, deny, or note probable jurisdiction, join three); suggest they grant cert for specific issue; discussion of which questions cert grant should be limited to; adhere to cert vote; memo about cert petition (e.g., listing it on the conference list (special order list)); case should be relisted; make suggestions to proposed questions in case; any memo about listing or relisting a case