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Alexander V. Louisiana (1971)

 

Document 1

From: Potter Stewart
To: Warren E. Burger
Copied: Conference
On: December 17th, 1971
Action: Memo About Opinion Assignment
This excludes memos that assign the opinion (see Code 606), but includes memos where a justice expresses the view that a case should be reassigned or a response to a majority opinion assignment; justice may request that majority opinion not be assigned to that justice; a justice may question why the opinion was not assigned; a justice (perhaps the Chief Justice) may tell a justice to assign the opinion; a memo may discuss not assigning the opinion to any justice

Document 2

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 7th, 1972
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 3

From: Potter Stewart
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 8th, 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 J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 8th, 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: Thurgood Marshall
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 9th, 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: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 10th, 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: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 13th, 1972
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 8

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 15th, 1972
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 9

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 29th, 1972
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 10

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

Document 11

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 30th, 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: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 1st, 1972
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 13

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 1st, 1972
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft