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Illinois V. Milwaukee (1971)

 

Document 1

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 20th, 1972
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: William O. Douglas
Copied: Conference
On: March 25th, 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: Potter Stewart
To: William O. Douglas
Copied: Conference
On: March 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: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 29th, 1972
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 5

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: William O. Douglas
Copied: Conference
On: March 29th, 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: Harry A. Blackmun
To: William O. Douglas
Copied: None
On: March 29th, 1972
Action: Suggestion to Majority Opinion
This includes memo with broad statements including that a justice cannot join the opinion, cannot join a part of the opinion, does not agree with the opinion, or has continuing doubts with the opinion; memos that indicate that the author's change is not enough; memos that make suggestions for specific changes to majority opinion or that express reservations about some aspect of the majority opinion; this code is also given for suggestions to memorandum opinions by an assigned author

Document 7

From: Potter Stewart
To: William O. Douglas
Copied: Conference
On: March 29th, 1972
Action: Disagrees with Opinion Author
Memo expresses a justice's disagreement with an opinion author's letter, proposal, or footnote

Document 8

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 29th, 1972
Action: Majority Opinion Author's Response
May be response to a suggestion, reservation, or a separate opinion; may also say that author will respond to another opinion; may state majority opinion author's change to opinion that was not prompted by another justice; may indicate that the opinion is different from the conference discussion; may be a circulation of a portion of the opinion (a footnote, multiple pages without circulating the whole opinion); may be a suggestion from the majority opinion author regarding several options for changing majority opinion; may be a suggestion from the author for a change that could be made to opinion

Document 9

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 30th, 1972
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 10

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 3rd, 1972
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 11

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 11th, 1972
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 12

From: Warren E. Burger
To: William O. Douglas
Copied: Conference
On: April 20th, 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.
Action: Will Write "Separate Opinion"
A memo where a justice states that he or she will circulate a "separate opinion" draft, including that a "separate opinion" will be out soon or that a revised draft of the "separate opinion" will be circulated