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United States V. Marion (1971)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 70-19
Case Term: 1971

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: December 3rd, 1971
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: December 6th, 1971
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: Potter Stewart
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: December 6th, 1971
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: Warren E. Burger
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: December 6th, 1971
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 O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: December 9th, 1971
Action: Unlabeled Opinion
This refers to an opinion draft that is not labeled as a dissent, concurrence, or memorandum

Document 6

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: December 10th, 1971
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 7

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: December 10th, 1971
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result

Document 8

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: William O. Douglas
Copied: Conference
On: December 10th, 1971
Action: Join Concurrence
Memos where a justice states that they join a concurring opinion, including joining a concurrence in part, joining a concurrence in judgment or result, or joining a concurrence at foot. The identity of the concurring opinion author who receives the join is located in the JOINED variable.

Document 9

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: William O. Douglas
Copied: Conference
On: December 13th, 1971
Action: Join Concurrence
Memos where a justice states that they join a concurring opinion, including joining a concurrence in part, joining a concurrence in judgment or result, or joining a concurrence at foot. The identity of the concurring opinion author who receives the join is located in the JOINED variable.

Document 10

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: December 14th, 1971
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result

Document 11

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: December 14th, 1971
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result

Document 12

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: William O. Douglas
Copied: None
On: December 14th, 1971
Action: Suggestion to Separate Opinion
Memo states includes a justice's suggestion for a separate opinion (e.g., don't agree with reasoning of separate opinion; comment on separate opinion; will join separate opinion if; cannot join separate opinion; will be making suggestion to separate opinion). The identity of the separate opinion author who receives suggestion is located in the JOINED variable.

Document 13

From: William O. Douglas
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: None
On: December 14th, 1971
Action: Concurring Opinion Author's Response
May be response to a suggestion, the majority opinion, another separate opinion; it may say the author made changes and see the attached opinion; it may indicate the opinion has been changed although not prompted by someone else