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Weaver V. Graham (1980)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 79-5780
Case Term: 1980

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 28th, 1981
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: Potter Stewart
To: Thurgood Marshall
Copied: Conference
On: January 29th, 1981
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: Thurgood Marshall
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 30th, 1981
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 4

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Thurgood Marshall
Copied: Conference
On: February 2nd, 1981
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: Lewis F. Powell
To: Thurgood Marshall
Copied: Conference
On: February 3rd, 1981
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: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Thurgood Marshall
Copied: Conference
On: February 3rd, 1981
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: Byron R. White
To: Thurgood Marshall
Copied: Conference
On: February 6th, 1981
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: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 16th, 1981
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result

Document 9

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 19th, 1981
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result

Document 10

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Harry A. Blackmun
Copied: Conference
On: February 20th, 1981
Action: May Join Concurrence
Memos where a justice expresses the inclination to join a concurring opinion, including a concurrence in the judgment or result.

Document 11

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 23rd, 1981
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 12

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 25th, 1981
Action: Proposes Disposition of Held Cases
Memo lists cases held for an opinion and gives cert votes or votes on the merits for the held cases; justice may state that held cases should be discussed at conference