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Secretary Of Public Welfare Of Pennsylvania V. Institutionalized Juveniles (1978)

 

Document 1

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 23rd, 1979
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: Potter Stewart
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: May 23rd, 1979
Action: Concur at Foot
This refers to a letter where a justice asks that a concurrence (or a concurrence in part) be noted at the foot of an opinion

Document 3

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 5th, 1979
Action: Concur in Part and Dissent in Part
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in part and dissents in part, including opinions that concur in judgment and dissent (or dissent in part), concur in judgment in part and dissent (or dissent in part), or dissent in one docket and concurs in another docket

Document 4

From: John Paul Stevens
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: June 5th, 1979
Action: Join Concur in Part and Dissent in Part
Memos where justices state that they join an opinion that concurs in part and dissents in part; alternatively, the opinion that is joined might concur in judgment and dissent. The identity of the opinion author who receives the join is located in the JOINED variable.

Document 5

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: June 6th, 1979
Action: Join Concur in Part and Dissent in Part
Memos where justices state that they join an opinion that concurs in part and dissents in part; alternatively, the opinion that is joined might concur in judgment and dissent. The identity of the opinion author who receives the join is located in the JOINED variable.

Document 6

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: June 8th, 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 7

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 11th, 1979
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 8

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: June 11th, 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 9

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: June 12th, 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 10

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 14th, 1979
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 11

From: Byron R. White
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: June 14th, 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: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 18th, 1979
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft