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Vorchheimer V. School District Of Philadelphia (1976)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 76-37
Case Term: 1976

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 9th, 1977
Action: Await Dissent
Justice indicates that he or she awaits a dissenting opinion, including opinions that dissent in part

Document 2

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 11th, 1977
Action: Case Should Not be Reargued
Includes statement that case will not be argued
Action: Announcements of Opinion
This includes memos about the timing of a decision announcement (e.g., can we hold this case for a week; opinion should be handed down tomorrow; opinion not ready for case to come down; take as much time as you need); memos about the pace of opinion writing (e.g., a justice’s delay in a case or apologizing for a delay or holding up another justice); memo requesting that a justice make an announcement regarding an opinion

Document 3

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 18th, 1977
Action: Per Curiam Opinion
This refers to a draft per curiam opinion

Document 4

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Warren E. Burger
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 5

From: Potter Stewart
To: Warren E. Burger
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: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Warren E. Burger
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 7

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: April 18th, 1977
Action: Case Should be Reargued
Includes statement that maybe case should be reargued

Document 8

From: Byron R. White
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: April 18th, 1977
Action: Case Should be Reargued
Includes statement that maybe case should be reargued

Document 9

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Harry A. Blackmun
Copied: Conference
On: April 18th, 1977
Action: Case Should be Reargued
Includes statement that maybe case should be reargued

Document 10

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: April 18th, 1977
Action: Case Should Not be Reargued
Includes statement that case will not be argued

Document 11

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: April 19th, 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: Thurgood Marshall
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: April 19th, 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.