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Beckwith V. United States (1975)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 74-1243
Case Term: 1975

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 9th, 1976
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 12th, 1976
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 3

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: April 12th, 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 4

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: April 12th, 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: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: April 13th, 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 6

From: Potter Stewart
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: April 13th, 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: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 14th, 1976
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 8

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 14th, 1976
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 9

From: Byron R. White
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: April 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 10

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 16th, 1976
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 11

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 19th, 1976
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result