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Bell V. Kentucky (1971)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 70-5304
Case Term: 1971

Justices Involved

Justice Byron R. White
Justice Potter Stewart
Justice Harry A. Blackmun
Justice Thurgood Marshall

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Document 1

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 10th, 1972
Action: Per Curiam Opinion
This refers to a draft per curiam opinion

Document 2

From: Potter Stewart
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: January 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 3

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 12th, 1972
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 4

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: January 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.