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United States V. Morton (1983)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 83-916
Case Term: 1983

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 31st, 1984
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: Sanda Day O'Connor
To: John Paul Stevens
Copied: Conference
On: June 1st, 1984
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: John Paul Stevens
Copied: Conference
On: June 1st, 1984
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: John Paul Stevens
Copied: Conference
On: June 1st, 1984
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: Thurgood Marshall
To: John Paul Stevens
Copied: Conference
On: June 1st, 1984
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: John Paul Stevens
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 4th, 1984
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 7

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: John Paul Stevens
Copied: Conference
On: June 4th, 1984
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: Byron R. White
To: John Paul Stevens
Copied: Conference
On: June 5th, 1984
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: John Paul Stevens
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 6th, 1984
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 10

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: John Paul Stevens
Copied: Conference
On: June 6th, 1984
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 11

From: Warren E. Burger
To: John Paul Stevens
Copied: Conference
On: June 12th, 1984
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.