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New York V. Cathedral Academy (1977)

 

Document 1

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: November 16th, 1977
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: November 16th, 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: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: November 16th, 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: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: November 21st, 1977
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 5

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: November 21st, 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: Thurgood Marshall
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: November 21st, 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: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: November 22nd, 1977
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 8

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: November 22nd, 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 9

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: November 23rd, 1977
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 10

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: November 28th, 1977
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 11

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: November 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.
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 12

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: November 30th, 1977
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 13

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: November 30th, 1977
Action: Vote Line-Up
This includes a copy of the suggested vote line-up in case (for final vote coalitions in case); this does not include memos about opinion writing, but only refers to how the vote will be reported on the final opinion

Document 14

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: December 2nd, 1977
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft