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Sixty-seventh Minnesota State Senate V. Beens (1971)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 71-1024
Case Term: 1971

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 13th, 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 2

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 27th, 1972
Action: Per Curiam Opinion
This refers to a draft per curiam opinion

Document 3

From: William O. Douglas
To: Harry A. Blackmun
Copied: Conference
On: April 27th, 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: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 27th, 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 5

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 28th, 1972
Action: Per Curiam Opinion
This refers to a draft per curiam opinion

Document 6

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 28th, 1972
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 7

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Harry A. Blackmun
Copied: Conference
On: April 28th, 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 8

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Harry A. Blackmun
Copied: Conference
On: April 28th, 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 9

From: Byron R. White
To: Harry A. Blackmun
Copied: Conference
On: April 28th, 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 10

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Harry A. Blackmun
Copied: Conference
On: April 28th, 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: Lewis F. Powell
To: Harry A. Blackmun
Copied: Conference
On: May 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.