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Naacp V. Hampton County Election Commission (1984)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 83-1015
Case Term: 1984

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 9th, 1985
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: Sanda Day O'Connor
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: January 10th, 1985
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: John Paul Stevens
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: January 10th, 1985
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: January 11th, 1985
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: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: January 11th, 1985
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: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 15th, 1985
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 7

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: January 16th, 1985
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: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: January 22nd, 1985
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: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 24th, 1985
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 10

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: February 14th, 1985
Action: Concur in Judgment at Foot
This refers to a letter where a justice asks that a concurrence in judgment or the result be noted at the foot of an opinion, including a concur in judgment or result in part at foot

Document 11

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 19th, 1985
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 12

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: February 19th, 1985
Action: Concur in Judgment at Foot
This refers to a letter where a justice asks that a concurrence in judgment or the result be noted at the foot of an opinion, including a concur in judgment or result in part at foot