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Owen Equipment & Erection Co. V. Kroger (1977)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 77-677
Case Term: 1977

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 24th, 1978
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: May 25th, 1978
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 H. Rehnquist
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: May 25th, 1978
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: Thurgood Marshall
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: May 25th, 1978
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: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: May 26th, 1978
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: Lewis F. Powell
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: May 29th, 1978
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: May 31st, 1978
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 8

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 13th, 1978
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 9

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: June 13th, 1978
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: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: June 14th, 1978
Action: Join Dissent
Memos where a justice states that they join a dissenting opinion, including joining the dissent in part, joining a dissent from denial of cert, or joining a dissent at foot. The identity of the dissenting opinion author who receives the join is located in the JOINED variable.

Document 11

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 15th, 1978
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 12

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 15th, 1978
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form