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Aikens V. California (1971)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 68-5027
Case Term: 1971

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 28th, 1972
Action: Memorandum Opinion
This refers to a memorandum opinion draft

Document 2

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 31st, 1972
Action: Unlabeled Opinion
This refers to an opinion draft that is not labeled as a dissent, concurrence, or memorandum

Document 3

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 21st, 1972
Action: Per Curiam Opinion
This refers to a draft per curiam opinion

Document 4

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 21st, 1972
Action: Cover Memo to Memorandum Opinion or Per Curiam Opinion (not assigned author)
Cover Memo to Memorandum Opinion or Per Curiam Opinion (not assigned author)

Document 5

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 29th, 1972
Action: Memorandum Opinion
This refers to a memorandum opinion draft

Document 6

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 12th, 1972
Action: Memorandum Opinion
This refers to a memorandum opinion draft

Document 7

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: None
On: May 15th, 1972
Action: Suggestion to Memorandum Opinion (Author is not Assigned Justice)
This includes memos with suggestions and specific or general reservations to a memorandum opinion (or per curiam) not written by assigned opinion author; memos expressing agreement with another justice’s suggestion to the memorandum opinion; statements that justice disagrees with a memorandum opinion. The identity of the memorandum opinion author who receives suggestion is located in the JOINED variable.
Action: Join Memorandum Opinion (written by non-assigned author)
Memos where a justice states that he or she joins a memorandum opinion that is written by a non-assigned author.

Document 8

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 24th, 1972
Action: Memorandum Opinion
This refers to a memorandum opinion draft

Document 9

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 31st, 1972
Action: Order
This refers to a draft order

Document 10

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: May 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 11

From: Potter Stewart
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: May 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 12

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: May 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 13

From: William O. Douglas
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: May 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 14

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 31st, 1972
Action: Cover Memo to Application for Order
This indicates a memo that informs the Court that an application (e.g., stay, injunction) will be circulated soon; memo about an order

Document 15

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: June 1st, 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 16

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: June 2nd, 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.