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Committee For Public Education And Religious Liberty V. Regan (1978)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 78-1369
Case Term: 1978

Justices Involved

Justice John Paul Stevens
Justice Harry A. Blackmun
Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.
Justice Byron R. White
Justice Thurgood Marshall
Justice William H. Rehnquist

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Document 1

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 26th, 1979
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 2

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 23rd, 1979
Action: Per Curiam Opinion
This refers to a draft per curiam opinion

Document 3

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Harry A. Blackmun
Copied: Conference
On: May 23rd, 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 4

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 28th, 1979
Action: Per Curiam Opinion
This refers to a draft per curiam opinion

Document 5

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Harry A. Blackmun
Copied: Conference
On: May 29th, 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 6

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 30th, 1979
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 7

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Harry A. Blackmun
Copied: Conference
On: May 30th, 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 8

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 31st, 1979
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 9

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: June 1st, 1979
Action: Propose Disposition in Case (Vote in a Case)
DIG (dismiss cert as improvidently granted); want to reach merits instead of DIG; would not DIG; affirm; reverse; remand; vacate; moot; court lacks jurisdiction; conference vote; withhold vote for now; defer vote; adhere to conference vote; initial vote in case; change conference vote; memo asking how others' vote on disposition
Action: May Join Dissent
Memos where a justice expresses the inclination to join a dissenting opinion, including joining the dissent in part; memos may also state a justice’s intention to join a dissent if another justice writes or circulates one; memos may also state that a justice expects to join or tentatively joins a dissent