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Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association Of United States, Inc. V. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. (1982)

 

Document 1

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 6th, 1983
Action: Cover Memo to Majority Opinion or Per Curiam Opinion
This includes a cover memo to memorandum opinion if written by the assigned author; cover memo to changes to majority opinion

Document 2

From: Sanda Day O'Connor
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: June 6th, 1983
Action: Await Dissent
Justice indicates that he or she awaits a dissenting opinion, including opinions that dissent in part

Document 3

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: June 6th, 1983
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: Thurgood Marshall
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: June 6th, 1983
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: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 6th, 1983
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 6

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: June 7th, 1983
Action: May Write "Separate Opinion"
A memo where a justice states that he or she may (or will probably) write a "separate opinion"

Document 7

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: June 7th, 1983
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

Document 8

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: June 7th, 1983
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 9

From: Byron R. White
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: Conference
On: June 9th, 1983
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

Document 10

From: Sanda Day O'Connor
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: June 13th, 1983
Action: Join Concur in Part and Dissent in Part
Memos where justices state that they join an opinion that concurs in part and dissents in part; alternatively, the opinion that is joined might concur in judgment and dissent. The identity of the opinion author who receives the join is located in the JOINED variable.

Document 11

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 13th, 1983
Action: Concur in Part and Dissent in Part
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in part and dissents in part, including opinions that concur in judgment and dissent (or dissent in part), concur in judgment in part and dissent (or dissent in part), or dissent in one docket and concurs in another docket

Document 12

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: June 16th, 1983
Action: Join Concur in Part and Dissent in Part
Memos where justices state that they join an opinion that concurs in part and dissents in part; alternatively, the opinion that is joined might concur in judgment and dissent. The identity of the opinion author who receives the join is located in the JOINED variable.

Document 13

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: June 16th, 1983
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 14

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Byron R. White
Copied: None
On: June 16th, 1983
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

Document 15

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: June 17th, 1983
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

Document 16

From: Warren E. Burger
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: June 20th, 1983
Action: Join Concur in Part and Dissent in Part
Memos where justices state that they join an opinion that concurs in part and dissents in part; alternatively, the opinion that is joined might concur in judgment and dissent. The identity of the opinion author who receives the join is located in the JOINED variable.

Document 17

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 21st, 1983
Action: Concur in Part and Dissent in Part
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in part and dissents in part, including opinions that concur in judgment and dissent (or dissent in part), concur in judgment in part and dissent (or dissent in part), or dissent in one docket and concurs in another docket

Document 18

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 22nd, 1983
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft