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Dixon V. Love (1976)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 75-1513
Case Term: 1976

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 14th, 1977
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 15th, 1977
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 3

From: Potter Stewart
To: Harry A. Blackmun
Copied: Conference
On: April 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 4

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Harry A. Blackmun
Copied: Conference
On: April 18th, 1977
Action: Will Write Dissenting Opinion
A memo where a justice states that he or she will circulate a dissenting opinion draft, including that a dissenting opinion will be out soon or that a revised draft of the dissenting opinion will be circulated; this also applies to statements responding to dissent assignments like will be glad to write dissent, self-assignment of dissent (e.g., we are in dissent and I will write it), or requesting permission to write dissent (e.g., is it ok if I write a dissent)

Document 5

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Harry A. Blackmun
Copied: Conference
On: April 18th, 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: John Paul Stevens
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 27th, 1977
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 7

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: John Paul Stevens
Copied: Conference
On: April 28th, 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: Byron R. White
To: Harry A. Blackmun
Copied: Conference
On: April 28th, 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 9

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 29th, 1977
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 10

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 29th, 1977
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 11

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 2nd, 1977
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result

Document 12

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Harry A. Blackmun
Copied: Conference
On: May 11th, 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 13

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 12th, 1977
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 14

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 13th, 1977
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result