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Ocala Star-banner Co. V. Damron (1970)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 118
Case Term: 1970

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 29th, 1971
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: John M. Harlan
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: February 1st, 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: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: February 2nd, 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: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: February 2nd, 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: Thurgood Marshall
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: February 3rd, 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 6

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 5th, 1971
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 7

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: February 8th, 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 8

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 18th, 1971
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft