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Apodaca V. Oregon (1971)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 69-5046
Case Term: 1971

Justices Involved

Justice Byron R. White
Justice Harry A. Blackmun
Justice Warren E. Burger
Justice Potter Stewart
Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.
Justice William O. Douglas
Justice Thurgood Marshall

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Document 1

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 30th, 1972
Action: Memorandum Opinion
This refers to a memorandum opinion draft

Document 2

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: April 6th, 1972
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: Warren E. Burger
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: April 12th, 1972
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: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 14th, 1972
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 5

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 18th, 1972
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 6

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: William O. Douglas, Potter Stewart, Thurgood Marshall
Copied: None
On: May 26th, 1972
Action: Proposes Disposition of Held Cases
Memo lists cases held for an opinion and gives cert votes or votes on the merits for the held cases; justice may state that held cases should be discussed at conference

Document 7

From: William O. Douglas
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: None
On: May 27th, 1972
Action: Proposes Disposition of Held Cases
Memo lists cases held for an opinion and gives cert votes or votes on the merits for the held cases; justice may state that held cases should be discussed at conference