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Illinois Board Of Elections V. Socialist Workers Party (1978)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 77-1248
Case Term: 1978

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: December 18th, 1978
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Thurgood Marshall
Copied: Conference
On: December 18th, 1978
Action: Will Write Concurring Opinion
A memo where a justice states that he or she will circulate a concurring opinion draft, including that a concurring opinion will be out soon or that a revised draft of the concurring opinion will be circulated; this may also apply to opinions that concur in part or concur in the judgment or result

Document 3

From: Potter Stewart
To: Thurgood Marshall
Copied: Conference
On: December 19th, 1978
Action: Await Concurrence
Justice awaits a concurring opinion, including an opinion that concurs in part or that concurs in judgment

Document 4

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Thurgood Marshall
Copied: Conference
On: December 19th, 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: Byron R. White
To: Thurgood Marshall
Copied: Conference
On: December 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: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Thurgood Marshall
Copied: Conference
On: December 27th, 1978
Action: Await Concurrence
Justice awaits a concurring opinion, including an opinion that concurs in part or that concurs in judgment

Document 7

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 1st, 1979
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 8

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 3rd, 1979
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result

Document 9

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Thurgood Marshall
Copied: Conference
On: January 4th, 1979
Action: Await Concurrence
Justice awaits a concurring opinion, including an opinion that concurs in part or that concurs in judgment

Document 10

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 17th, 1979
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result

Document 11

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Thurgood Marshall
Copied: Conference
On: January 18th, 1979
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: John Paul Stevens
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 18th, 1979
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result

Document 13

From: Potter Stewart
To: Thurgood Marshall
Copied: Conference
On: January 18th, 1979
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 14

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 18th, 1979
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 15

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 19th, 1979
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result

Document 16

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 23rd, 1979
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result

Document 17

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 30th, 1979
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result

Document 18

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Thurgood Marshall
Copied: Conference
On: February 1st, 1979
Action: Concur in Judgment at Foot
This refers to a letter where a justice asks that a concurrence in judgment or the result be noted at the foot of an opinion, including a concur in judgment or result in part at foot

Document 19

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 2nd, 1979
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft