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United States V. Payner (1980)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 78-1729
Case Term: 1980

Justices Involved

Justice Warren E. Burger
Justice Lewis F. Powell
Justice Potter Stewart
Justice William H. Rehnquist
Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.
Justice Harry A. Blackmun

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Document 1

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: Conference
On: August 5th, 1980
Action: Change is Acceptable
Memo indicating that a change to majority opinion is acceptable to a justice (e.g., suggested change is ok with me; like changes in majority opinion).

Document 2

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: September 17th, 1980
Action: Attached Material Relevant to a Case
This may include memos about maps or pictures that will be incorporated in opinion; cover memo to circulation of some relevant non-case material for an opinion (e.g., newspaper article, related lower court opinion); memos may mention extra-court material that might be relevant (e.g., congressional hearings, a statute, other opinions that are somehow (perhaps tangentially) related to case at hand); circulation of clerk’s memo about case
Action: Post-Announcement Opinion Changes
This refers to memos about changing an opinion that has been announced; it may be from the opinion author or another justice

Document 3

From: Potter Stewart
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: Conference
On: September 17th, 1980
Action: Post-Announcement Opinion Changes
This refers to memos about changing an opinion that has been announced; it may be from the opinion author or another justice

Document 4

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: Conference
On: September 17th, 1980
Action: Post-Announcement Opinion Changes
This refers to memos about changing an opinion that has been announced; it may be from the opinion author or another justice

Document 5

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: Conference
On: September 18th, 1980
Action: Post-Announcement Opinion Changes
This refers to memos about changing an opinion that has been announced; it may be from the opinion author or another justice

Document 6

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: Conference
On: September 18th, 1980
Action: Post-Announcement Opinion Changes
This refers to memos about changing an opinion that has been announced; it may be from the opinion author or another justice

Document 7

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: Conference
On: September 23rd, 1980
Action: Post-Announcement Opinion Changes
This refers to memos about changing an opinion that has been announced; it may be from the opinion author or another justice