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Law Students Civil Rights Research Council, Inc. V. Wadmond (1970)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 49
Case Term: 1970

Justices Involved

Justice Potter Stewart
Justice Warren E. Burger
Justice Harry A. Blackmun
Justice Hugo. L. Black
Justice William O. Douglas
Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.
Justice Thurgood Marshall
Justice John M. Harlan
Justice Byron R. White

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Document 1

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: November 19th, 1970
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: November 20th, 1970
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: Conference
Copied: None
On: November 23rd, 1970
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 4

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: November 23rd, 1970
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: Hugo. L. Black
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: November 30th, 1970
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 6

From: William O. Douglas
To: Hugo. L. Black
Copied: None
On: November 30th, 1970
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 7

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Hugo. L. Black
Copied: Conference
On: December 1st, 1970
Action: Dissent at Foot
This refers to a letter where a justice asks that a dissent (or a dissent in part) be noted at the foot of an opinion; it also includes at foot opinions that indicates the justice wants the Court to hear arguments and decide rather than dismiss or decide summarily

Document 8

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: December 2nd, 1970
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 9

From: Hugo. L. Black
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: December 2nd, 1970
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 10

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: December 18th, 1970
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 11

From: John M. Harlan
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: February 3rd, 1971
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: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 8th, 1971
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: Thurgood Marshall
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 17th, 1971
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 14

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Thurgood Marshall
Copied: Conference
On: February 19th, 1971
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: Thurgood Marshall
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 22nd, 1971
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 16

From: Hugo. L. Black
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 22nd, 1971
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form