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Califano V. Aznavorian (1978)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 77-991
Case Term: 1978

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: November 29th, 1978
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: November 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 3

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: November 30th, 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: Lewis F. Powell
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: November 30th, 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: November 30th, 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: Byron R. White
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: November 30th, 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: Thurgood Marshall
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: December 1st, 1978
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result

Document 8

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: December 4th, 1978
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result

Document 9

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: December 6th, 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.