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Santa Fe Industries, Inc. V. Green (1976)

 

Document 1

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 10th, 1977
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: Potter Stewart
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 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 3

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 11th, 1977
Action: Concur in Part
This refers to a concurring opinion draft that concurs in part of the majority

Document 4

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 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 5

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 11th, 1977
Action: Suggestion to Majority Opinion
This includes memo with broad statements including that a justice cannot join the opinion, cannot join a part of the opinion, does not agree with the opinion, or has continuing doubts with the opinion; memos that indicate that the author's change is not enough; memos that make suggestions for specific changes to majority opinion or that express reservations about some aspect of the majority opinion; this code is also given for suggestions to memorandum opinions by an assigned author

Document 6

From: Byron R. White
To: Thurgood Marshall
Copied: Conference
On: March 11th, 1977
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 7

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 14th, 1977
Action: Concur in Part
This refers to a concurring opinion draft that concurs in part of the majority

Document 8

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 14th, 1977
Action: Concur in Part
This refers to a concurring opinion draft that concurs in part of the majority

Document 9

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

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 15th, 1977
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 11

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 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 12

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 16th, 1977
Action: Concur in Part
This refers to a concurring opinion draft that concurs in part of the majority

Document 13

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 16th, 1977
Action: Dissent at Foot
This refers to a letter where a justice asks that a dissent (or a dissent in part) be noted at the foot of an opinion; it also includes at foot opinions that indicates the justice wants the Court to hear arguments and decide rather than dismiss or decide summarily

Document 14

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 17th, 1977
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 15

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 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.