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Bullock V. Carter (1971)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 70-128
Case Term: 1971

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 27th, 1972
Action: Memorandum Opinion
This refers to a memorandum opinion draft

Document 2

From: Byron R. White
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: January 27th, 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: William O. Douglas
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: January 27th, 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: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: January 31st, 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 5

From: Potter Stewart
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: January 31st, 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 6

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: January 31st, 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 7

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: February 17th, 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 8

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 18th, 1972
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 9

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 18th, 1972
Action: Cover Memo to Majority Opinion or Per Curiam Opinion
This includes a cover memo to memorandum opinion if written by the assigned author; cover memo to changes to majority opinion

Document 10

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 23rd, 1972
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft