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Mckinney V. Alabama (1975)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 74-532
Case Term: 1975

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 12th, 1976
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: February 17th, 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 3

From: Byron R. White
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: February 17th, 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: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: February 18th, 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 5

From: Warren E. Burger
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: February 19th, 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: Harry A. Blackmun
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: February 23rd, 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 7

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 24th, 1976
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 8

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 25th, 1976
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 9

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Harry A. Blackmun
Copied: None
On: February 25th, 1976
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 10

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 26th, 1976
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 11

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 12th, 1976
Action: Unlabeled Opinion
This refers to an opinion draft that is not labeled as a dissent, concurrence, or memorandum

Document 12

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: March 15th, 1976
Action: Join "Separate Opinion"
Memos where a justice joins an unlabeled opinion or a "separate opinion"; this does not include joinder of dissent or concurring opinions

Document 13

From: Potter Stewart
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: March 15th, 1976
Action: Join "Separate Opinion"
Memos where a justice joins an unlabeled opinion or a "separate opinion"; this does not include joinder of dissent or concurring opinions

Document 14

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 16th, 1976
Action: Unlabeled Opinion
This refers to an opinion draft that is not labeled as a dissent, concurrence, or memorandum