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Oil Workers V. Mobil Oil Corp. (1975)

 

Document 1

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 1st, 1976
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 1st, 1976
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 3

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 2nd, 1976
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 4

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 2nd, 1976
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 5

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Thurgood Marshall
Copied: Conference
On: June 2nd, 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: Byron R. White
To: Thurgood Marshall
Copied: Conference
On: June 2nd, 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: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Thurgood Marshall
Copied: Conference
On: June 2nd, 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: Thurgood Marshall
Copied: Conference
On: June 7th, 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 9

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: June 7th, 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.

Document 10

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Thurgood Marshall
Copied: Conference
On: June 8th, 1976
Action: Will Write Concurring Opinion
A memo where a justice states that he or she will circulate a concurring opinion draft, including that a concurring opinion will be out soon or that a revised draft of the concurring opinion will be circulated; this may also apply to opinions that concur in part or concur in the judgment or result

Document 11

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 9th, 1976
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result

Document 12

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 10th, 1976
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 13

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 10th, 1976
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 14

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Thurgood Marshall
Copied: Conference
On: June 10th, 1976
Action: Concur in Judgment at Foot
This refers to a letter where a justice asks that a concurrence in judgment or the result be noted at the foot of an opinion, including a concur in judgment or result in part at foot