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Jones V. Helms (1980)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 80-850
Case Term: 1980

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 1st, 1981
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: John Paul Stevens
Copied: Conference
On: June 1st, 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: Potter Stewart
To: John Paul Stevens
Copied: Conference
On: June 1st, 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 4

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: John Paul Stevens
Copied: Conference
On: June 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 5

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 4th, 1981
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 6

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: John Paul Stevens
Copied: Conference
On: June 4th, 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: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: John Paul Stevens
Copied: Conference
On: June 4th, 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: John Paul Stevens
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 5th, 1981
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 9

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 9th, 1981
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 10

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 10th, 1981
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result

Document 11

From: Warren E. Burger
To: John Paul Stevens
Copied: Conference
On: June 10th, 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 12

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 11th, 1981
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result