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Finnegan V. Leu (1981)

 

Document 1

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 21st, 1982
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: Sanda Day O'Connor
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: April 22nd, 1982
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: William H. Rehnquist
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: April 22nd, 1982
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: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: April 22nd, 1982
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: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: April 28th, 1982
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: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 29th, 1982
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 7

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: April 30th, 1982
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 Write "Separate Opinion"
A memo where a justice states that he or she will circulate a "separate opinion" draft, including that a "separate opinion" will be out soon or that a revised draft of the "separate opinion" will be circulated

Document 8

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 3rd, 1982
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 9

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Harry A. Blackmun
Copied: Conference
On: May 3rd, 1982
Action: Join Concurrence
Memos where a justice states that they join a concurring opinion, including joining a concurrence in part, joining a concurrence in judgment or result, or joining a concurrence at foot. The identity of the concurring opinion author who receives the join is located in the JOINED variable.

Document 10

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 4th, 1982
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 11

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: May 5th, 1982
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: Thurgood Marshall
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: May 6th, 1982
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: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 7th, 1982
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 14

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 13th, 1982
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft