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Ins V. Chadha (1981)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 80-1832
Case Term: 1981

Justices Involved

Justice Lewis F. Powell
Justice Warren E. Burger
Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.
Justice John Paul Stevens
Justice Harry A. Blackmun
Justice William H. Rehnquist
Justice Sanda Day O'Connor
Justice Thurgood Marshall
Justice Byron R. White

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Document 1

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: February 25th, 1982
Action: Memo Regarding Meeting Time, Place or Agenda
Memo may suggest that the justice talk or discuss an issue at conference; memo may maintain that no further conference discussion is needed; memo may state that a justice will be away
Action: Hold Case
Justice would hold case for another case; proposes holding this case for another case; suggests an opinion be held over for the next term (e.g., maybe we should hold over); memo about consolidating cases

Document 2

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: Conference
On: February 25th, 1982
Action: Hold Case
Justice would hold case for another case; proposes holding this case for another case; suggests an opinion be held over for the next term (e.g., maybe we should hold over); memo about consolidating cases

Document 3

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: March 9th, 1982
Action: Case Should be Reargued
Includes statement that maybe case should be reargued

Document 4

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 10th, 1982
Action: Memo Regarding Meeting Time, Place or Agenda
Memo may suggest that the justice talk or discuss an issue at conference; memo may maintain that no further conference discussion is needed; memo may state that a justice will be away

Document 5

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: March 10th, 1982
Action: Case Should Not be Reargued
Includes statement that case will not be argued

Document 6

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: March 10th, 1982
Action: Case Should Not be Reargued
Includes statement that case will not be argued

Document 7

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: March 10th, 1982
Action: Case Should Not be Reargued
Includes statement that case will not be argued

Document 8

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: March 11th, 1982
Action: Case Should be Reargued
Includes statement that maybe case should be reargued

Document 9

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: March 11th, 1982
Action: Memo Regarding Meeting Time, Place or Agenda
Memo may suggest that the justice talk or discuss an issue at conference; memo may maintain that no further conference discussion is needed; memo may state that a justice will be away

Document 10

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: March 11th, 1982
Action: Memo Regarding Meeting Time, Place or Agenda
Memo may suggest that the justice talk or discuss an issue at conference; memo may maintain that no further conference discussion is needed; memo may state that a justice will be away

Document 11

From: Sanda Day O'Connor
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: March 11th, 1982
Action: Memo Regarding Meeting Time, Place or Agenda
Memo may suggest that the justice talk or discuss an issue at conference; memo may maintain that no further conference discussion is needed; memo may state that a justice will be away
Action: Hold Case
Justice would hold case for another case; proposes holding this case for another case; suggests an opinion be held over for the next term (e.g., maybe we should hold over); memo about consolidating cases

Document 12

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: March 11th, 1982
Action: Case Should Not be Reargued
Includes statement that case will not be argued
Action: Memo Regarding Meeting Time, Place or Agenda
Memo may suggest that the justice talk or discuss an issue at conference; memo may maintain that no further conference discussion is needed; memo may state that a justice will be away

Document 13

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: March 11th, 1982
Action: Case Should Not be Reargued
Includes statement that case will not be argued

Document 14

From: Byron R. White
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: March 11th, 1982
Action: Case Should be Reargued
Includes statement that maybe case should be reargued

Document 15

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: March 12th, 1982
Action: Memo about Supplemental or Amicus Briefs
Justice may express views on need for additional briefs (e.g., no need for supplemental briefs); justices may discuss proposed questions for supplemental briefs; justices may discuss oral arguments, reargument, or parties' briefs (e.g., date, length, exact questions that should be presented at orals or in briefs); justices may discuss asking litigants for additional information

Document 16

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 12th, 1982
Action: Memo Regarding Meeting Time, Place or Agenda
Memo may suggest that the justice talk or discuss an issue at conference; memo may maintain that no further conference discussion is needed; memo may state that a justice will be away

Document 17

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 15th, 1982
Action: Undecided
Justice states that he or she is undecided, including phrases like not ready to commit, need more time, not at rest, or to consider further
Action: Case Should be Reargued
Includes statement that maybe case should be reargued

Document 18

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Harry A. Blackmun
Copied: Conference
On: June 25th, 1982
Action: Hold Case
Justice would hold case for another case; proposes holding this case for another case; suggests an opinion be held over for the next term (e.g., maybe we should hold over); memo about consolidating cases

Document 19

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: June 25th, 1982
Action: Case Should Not be Reargued
Includes statement that case will not be argued

Document 20

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: June 28th, 1982
Action: Case Should Not be Reargued
Includes statement that case will not be argued