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Belcher V. Stengel (1976)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 75-823
Case Term: 1976

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: November 11th, 1976
Action: Per Curiam Opinion
This refers to a draft per curiam opinion

Document 2

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: November 11th, 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: John Paul Stevens
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: November 12th, 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: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: November 12th, 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 5

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: November 12th, 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: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: November 12th, 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: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: November 15th, 1976
Action: Per Curiam Opinion
This refers to a draft per curiam opinion

Document 8

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: November 15th, 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: Byron R. White
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: November 15th, 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 10

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: November 24th, 1976
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft