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General Building Contractors Association, Inc. V. Pennsylvania (1981)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 81-280
Case Term: 1981

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

From: Warren E. Burger
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: April 13th, 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 2

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: April 16th, 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: Byron R. White
To: William H. Rehnquist
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: John Paul Stevens
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 29th, 1982
Action: Order
This refers to a draft order

Document 5

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 29th, 1982
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 6

From: Sanda Day O'Connor
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 7th, 1982
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 7

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Sanda Day O'Connor
Copied: Conference
On: May 10th, 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 8

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Sanda Day O'Connor
Copied: Conference
On: May 10th, 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 9

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Sanda Day O'Connor
Copied: Thurgood Marshall, Harry A. Blackmun
On: May 10th, 1982
Action: Suggestion to Separate Opinion
Memo states includes a justice's suggestion for a separate opinion (e.g., don't agree with reasoning of separate opinion; comment on separate opinion; will join separate opinion if; cannot join separate opinion; will be making suggestion to separate opinion). The identity of the separate opinion author who receives suggestion is located in the JOINED variable.

Document 10

From: Sanda Day O'Connor
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Thurgood Marshall, Harry A. Blackmun
On: May 10th, 1982
Action: Separate Opinion Author's Response
Circulation of Change to Separate Opinion (e.g., footnote, portion of opinion, adding paragraph); this occurs in a memo, not on a draft opinion; circulation of change to unlabeled opinion

Document 11

From: Sanda Day O'Connor
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 11th, 1982
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 12

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 14th, 1982
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 13

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Sanda Day O'Connor
Copied: None
On: June 15th, 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 14

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Sanda Day O'Connor
Copied: Conference
On: June 15th, 1982
Action: Withdraw Join of Separate Opinion
This includes withdrawing joins of dissents and concurrences and withdrawing joins of part of a separate opinion. The identity of the separate opinion author whose opinion had previously been joined is located in the JOINED variable.
Action: Join Dissent
Memos where a justice states that they join a dissenting opinion, including joining the dissent in part, joining a dissent from denial of cert, or joining a dissent at foot. The identity of the dissenting opinion author who receives the join is located in the JOINED variable.

Document 15

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Thurgood Marshall
Copied: Conference
On: June 15th, 1982
Action: Withdraw Join of Separate Opinion
This includes withdrawing joins of dissents and concurrences and withdrawing joins of part of a separate opinion. The identity of the separate opinion author whose opinion had previously been joined is located in the JOINED variable.
Action: Suggestion to Separate Opinion
Memo states includes a justice's suggestion for a separate opinion (e.g., don't agree with reasoning of separate opinion; comment on separate opinion; will join separate opinion if; cannot join separate opinion; will be making suggestion to separate opinion). The identity of the separate opinion author who receives suggestion is located in the JOINED variable.

Document 16

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 16th, 1982
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 17

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 28th, 1982
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