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Califano V. Sanders (1976)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 75-1443
Case Term: 1976

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 2nd, 1977
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: February 3rd, 1977
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: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 9th, 1977
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 4

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: February 10th, 1977
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: Byron R. White
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: February 14th, 1977
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: William H. Rehnquist
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: February 15th, 1977
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: Lewis F. Powell
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: February 15th, 1977
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: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 16th, 1977
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result

Document 9

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 17th, 1977
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 10

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 17th, 1977
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result

Document 11

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: February 17th, 1977
Action: Join Concurrence
Memos where a justice states that they join a concurring opinion, including joining a concurrence in part, joining a concurrence in judgment or result, or joining a concurrence at foot. The identity of the concurring opinion author who receives the join is located in the JOINED variable.