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Board Of Trustees Of Scarsdale V. Mccreary (1984)

 

Document 1

From: John Paul Stevens
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: October 11th, 1984
Action: Memo Regarding Meeting Time, Place or Agenda
Memo may suggest that the justice talk or discuss an issue at conference; memo may maintain that no further conference discussion is needed; memo may state that a justice will be away
Action: Suggestion before Majority Opinion Circulated
Justice makes a suggestion or lays out position in the case before the majority opinion is circulated; discussion of issues before an opinion has been drafted; memo laying out other justice's position or describing how other justices’ have voted so far in the case; lays out position without directing it at a circulating opinion

Document 2

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 25th, 1985
Action: Per Curiam Opinion
This refers to a draft per curiam opinion

Document 3

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: March 26th, 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.