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Taggart V. Weinacker's, Inc. (1969)

 

Document 1

From: Warren E. Burger
To: John M. Harlan
Copied: None
On: None provided.
Action: Cover Memo to Separate Opinion
This indicates a cover memo to any separate opinion, including concurring, dissenting, or any other type of separate opinion

Document 2

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: None provided.
Action: Per Curiam Opinion
This refers to a draft per curiam opinion

Document 3

From: Warren E. Burger
To: John M. Harlan
Copied: None
On: None provided.
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 4

From: Hugo. L. Black
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: October 3rd, 1969
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 5

From: William O. Douglas
To: William J. Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart, Byron R. White
Copied: None
On: January 19th, 1970
Action: Cover Memo to Majority Opinion or Per Curiam Opinion
This includes a cover memo to memorandum opinion if written by the assigned author; cover memo to changes to majority opinion

Document 6

From: Potter Stewart
To: William O. Douglas
Copied: None
On: January 19th, 1970
Action: May Join Majority Opinion
Memos where a justice states the intent to join the majority opinion later (e.g., may join majority; will probably join majority; could join majority; agree tentatively; inclined to join; close to joining; agrees generally; agree with most of opinion; in basic agreement; intend to join; am prepared to join; expect to join; expect to join part of majority opinion; join unless someone else dissents; will join majority opinion if no majority exists; join unless someone else persuades me
Action: Suggestion to Majority Opinion
This includes memo with broad statements including that a justice cannot join the opinion, cannot join a part of the opinion, does not agree with the opinion, or has continuing doubts with the opinion; memos that indicate that the author's change is not enough; memos that make suggestions for specific changes to majority opinion or that express reservations about some aspect of the majority opinion; this code is also given for suggestions to memorandum opinions by an assigned author

Document 7

From: William O. Douglas
To: William J. Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart, Byron R. White
Copied: None
On: January 19th, 1970
Action: Per Curiam Opinion
This refers to a draft per curiam opinion

Document 8

From: Byron R. White
To: William O. Douglas
Copied: William J. Brennan, Jr., Potter Stewart, Thurgood Marshall
On: January 21st, 1970
Action: Suggestion to Majority Opinion
This includes memo with broad statements including that a justice cannot join the opinion, cannot join a part of the opinion, does not agree with the opinion, or has continuing doubts with the opinion; memos that indicate that the author's change is not enough; memos that make suggestions for specific changes to majority opinion or that express reservations about some aspect of the majority opinion; this code is also given for suggestions to memorandum opinions by an assigned author

Document 9

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: William O. Douglas
Copied: Conference
On: January 21st, 1970
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: Byron R. White
To: William O. Douglas
Copied: Conference
On: January 22nd, 1970
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 11

From: Hugo. L. Black
To: William O. Douglas
Copied: Conference
On: January 22nd, 1970
Action: Suggestion to Majority Opinion
This includes memo with broad statements including that a justice cannot join the opinion, cannot join a part of the opinion, does not agree with the opinion, or has continuing doubts with the opinion; memos that indicate that the author's change is not enough; memos that make suggestions for specific changes to majority opinion or that express reservations about some aspect of the majority opinion; this code is also given for suggestions to memorandum opinions by an assigned author
Action: Will Dissent If...
Justice states conditions for a dissent, including a dissent in part; memo may also state conditions for withdrawing a dissenting opinion

Document 12

From: Potter Stewart
To: William O. Douglas
Copied: Conference
On: January 22nd, 1970
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 13

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 22nd, 1970
Action: Per Curiam Opinion
This refers to a draft per curiam opinion

Document 14

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 23rd, 1970
Action: Per Curiam Opinion
This refers to a draft per curiam opinion

Document 15

From: Warren E. Burger
To: William O. Douglas
Copied: Conference
On: January 24th, 1970
Action: Suggestion to Majority Opinion
This includes memo with broad statements including that a justice cannot join the opinion, cannot join a part of the opinion, does not agree with the opinion, or has continuing doubts with the opinion; memos that indicate that the author's change is not enough; memos that make suggestions for specific changes to majority opinion or that express reservations about some aspect of the majority opinion; this code is also given for suggestions to memorandum opinions by an assigned author

Document 16

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 5th, 1970
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 17

From: John M. Harlan
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: None
On: February 5th, 1970
Action: Suggestion to Separate Opinion
Memo states includes a justice's suggestion for a separate opinion (e.g., don't agree with reasoning of separate opinion; comment on separate opinion; will join separate opinion if; cannot join separate opinion; will be making suggestion to separate opinion). The identity of the separate opinion author who receives suggestion is located in the JOINED variable.

Document 18

From: Warren E. Burger
To: John M. Harlan
Copied: None
On: February 10th, 1970
Action: Concurring Opinion Author's Response
May be response to a suggestion, the majority opinion, another separate opinion; it may say the author made changes and see the attached opinion; it may indicate the opinion has been changed although not prompted by someone else

Document 19

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 16th, 1970
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 20

From: John M. Harlan
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 6th, 1970
Action: Memorandum Opinion
This refers to a memorandum opinion draft