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California Ex Rel. State Lands Commission V. United States (1981)

 

Document 1

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: John Paul Stevens
Copied: Conference
On: December 2nd, 1981
Action: Join Order
Memos where a justice joins an order if order is not on merits of case. If an order disposes of a case, a joinder is coded 300.

Document 2

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: John Paul Stevens
Copied: Conference
On: December 2nd, 1981
Action: Join Order
Memos where a justice joins an order if order is not on merits of case. If an order disposes of a case, a joinder is coded 300.

Document 3

From: Sanda Day O'Connor
To: John Paul Stevens
Copied: Conference
On: December 2nd, 1981
Action: Join Order
Memos where a justice joins an order if order is not on merits of case. If an order disposes of a case, a joinder is coded 300.

Document 4

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: John Paul Stevens
Copied: Conference
On: December 3rd, 1981
Action: Join Order
Memos where a justice joins an order if order is not on merits of case. If an order disposes of a case, a joinder is coded 300.

Document 5

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 20th, 1982
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 6

From: Sanda Day O'Connor
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: May 20th, 1982
Action: Await Dissent
Justice indicates that he or she awaits a dissenting opinion, including opinions that dissent in part

Document 7

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: May 21st, 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 8

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Byron R. White
Copied: None
On: May 31st, 1982
Action: Cover Memo to Separate Opinion
This indicates a cover memo to any separate opinion, including concurring, dissenting, or any other type of separate opinion
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: Join Majority If...
Justice sends memo to majority opinion author that states that the conditions under which the justice can or will not join the majority opinion; this includes memos with language like will join if..., will join the majority opinion if author makes changes suggested by another justice, or will join part of majority opinion if...; these memos may also state that a justice cannot join majority opinion if..., or could not join an opinion with a particular point, will withdraw join if...

Document 9

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Byron R. White
Copied: None
On: May 31st, 1982
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 10

From: Sanda Day O'Connor
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: June 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 11

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 3rd, 1982
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result

Document 12

From: John Paul Stevens
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: June 4th, 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 13

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 7th, 1982
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result

Document 14

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: June 8th, 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 15

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: June 9th, 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 16

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: June 11th, 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 17

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: June 14th, 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 18

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 16th, 1982
Action: Majority Opinion Author's Response
May be response to a suggestion, reservation, or a separate opinion; may also say that author will respond to another opinion; may state majority opinion author's change to opinion that was not prompted by another justice; may indicate that the opinion is different from the conference discussion; may be a circulation of a portion of the opinion (a footnote, multiple pages without circulating the whole opinion); may be a suggestion from the majority opinion author regarding several options for changing majority opinion; may be a suggestion from the author for a change that could be made to opinion