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Simon V. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization (1975)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 74-1124
Case Term: 1975

Justices Involved

Justice Lewis F. Powell
Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.
Justice Warren E. Burger
Justice Thurgood Marshall

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Document 1

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 13th, 1976
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 5th, 1976
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 3

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 12th, 1976
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 4

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: Conference
On: May 14th, 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: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 24th, 1976
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 6

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: May 25th, 1976
Action: Join Dissent
Memos where a justice states that they join a dissenting opinion, including joining the dissent in part, joining a dissent from denial of cert, or joining a dissent at foot. The identity of the dissenting opinion author who receives the join is located in the JOINED variable.