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Mayer V. Chicago (1971)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 70-5040
Case Term: 1971

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: November 3rd, 1971
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: November 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 3

From: Potter Stewart
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: November 4th, 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: Byron R. White
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: November 5th, 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: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: November 8th, 1971
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 6

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: November 16th, 1971
Action: Concur at Foot
This refers to a letter where a justice asks that a concurrence (or a concurrence in part) be noted at the foot of an opinion

Document 7

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: November 17th, 1971
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 8

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: December 7th, 1971
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 9

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: December 11th, 1971
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 10

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: December 30th, 1971
Action: Proposes Disposition of Held Cases
Memo lists cases held for an opinion and gives cert votes or votes on the merits for the held cases; justice may state that held cases should be discussed at conference