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United States V. Nobles (1974)

 

Document 1

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 2nd, 1975
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: Conference
On: June 3rd, 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: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: Conference
On: June 3rd, 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: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: Conference
On: June 3rd, 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 5

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: Conference
On: June 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 6

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: Warren E. Burger, William J. Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart
On: June 13th, 1975
Action: Change is Acceptable
Memo indicating that a change to majority opinion is acceptable to a justice (e.g., suggested change is ok with me; like changes in majority opinion).

Document 7

From: Potter Stewart
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: Warren E. Burger, William J. Brennan, Jr., Harry A. Blackmun
On: June 13th, 1975
Action: Change is Acceptable
Memo indicating that a change to majority opinion is acceptable to a justice (e.g., suggested change is ok with me; like changes in majority opinion).

Document 8

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Warren E. Burger, William J. Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart
Copied: None
On: June 13th, 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
Action: Majority Opinion Author's Response
May be response to a suggestion, reservation, or a separate opinion; may also say that author will respond to another opinion; may state majority opinion author's change to opinion that was not prompted by another justice; may indicate that the opinion is different from the conference discussion; may be a circulation of a portion of the opinion (a footnote, multiple pages without circulating the whole opinion); may be a suggestion from the majority opinion author regarding several options for changing majority opinion; may be a suggestion from the author for a change that could be made to opinion

Document 9

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: William J. Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart, Harry A. Blackmun
On: June 16th, 1975
Action: Change is Acceptable
Memo indicating that a change to majority opinion is acceptable to a justice (e.g., suggested change is ok with me; like changes in majority opinion).

Document 10

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 17th, 1975
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 11

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 18th, 1975
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 12

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: Conference
On: June 18th, 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 13

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: June 18th, 1975
Action: Join Concurrence
Memos where a justice states that they join a concurring opinion, including joining a concurrence in part, joining a concurrence in judgment or result, or joining a concurrence at foot. The identity of the concurring opinion author who receives the join is located in the JOINED variable.