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Youakim V. Miller (1975)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 73-6935
Case Term: 1975

Justices Involved

Justice Byron R. White
Justice William H. Rehnquist
Justice Lewis F. Powell
Justice Potter Stewart
Justice Thurgood Marshall
Justice Harry A. Blackmun
Justice Warren E. Burger

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Document 1

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 4th, 1976
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 4th, 1976
Action: Per Curiam Opinion
This refers to a draft per curiam opinion

Document 3

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 4th, 1976
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: William H. Rehnquist
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 5th, 1976
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: Lewis F. Powell
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 5th, 1976
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: Issue Signed Opinion
Justices expresses view that there is opinion should be signed; wants a majority opinion instead of a per curiam decision or an order; does not want summary disposition on the merits

Document 6

From: Potter Stewart
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 5th, 1976
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: Thurgood Marshall
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 8th, 1976
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: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 9th, 1976
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: Issue Signed Opinion
Justices expresses view that there is opinion should be signed; wants a majority opinion instead of a per curiam decision or an order; does not want summary disposition on the merits

Document 9

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 15th, 1976
Action: Per Curiam Opinion
This refers to a draft per curiam opinion

Document 10

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 26th, 1976
Action: Per Curiam Opinion
This refers to a draft per curiam opinion

Document 11

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 26th, 1976
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: Warren E. Burger
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 26th, 1976
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.