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Lindsey V. Normet (1971)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 70-5045
Case Term: 1971

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 2nd, 1972
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 2nd, 1972
Action: Dissent in Part
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft that applies to part of the majority

Document 3

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 2nd, 1972
Action: Cover Memo to Majority Opinion or Per Curiam Opinion
This includes a cover memo to memorandum opinion if written by the assigned author; cover memo to changes to majority opinion

Document 4

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: February 3rd, 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: Potter Stewart
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: February 3rd, 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: 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 6

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: February 4th, 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: February 8th, 1972
Action: Dissent in Part
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft that applies to part of the majority

Document 8

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 11th, 1972
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 9

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 14th, 1972
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 10

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 14th, 1972
Action: Dissent in Part
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft that applies to part of the majority

Document 11

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 16th, 1972
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 12

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: February 18th, 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.