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Board Of Regents Of State Colleges V. Roth (1971)

 

Document 1

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 23rd, 1972
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 25th, 1972
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 3

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 29th, 1972
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 4

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: None
On: May 31st, 1972
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 5

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 7th, 1972
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 6

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 12th, 1972
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
Action: Join Majority If...
Justice sends memo to majority opinion author that states that the conditions under which the justice can or will not join the majority opinion; this includes memos with language like will join if..., will join the majority opinion if author makes changes suggested by another justice, or will join part of majority opinion if...; these memos may also state that a justice cannot join majority opinion if..., or could not join an opinion with a particular point, will withdraw join if...

Document 7

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 20th, 1972
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 8

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 22nd, 1972
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 9

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 22nd, 1972
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 10

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: June 23rd, 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: Byron R. White
To: Potter Stewart
Copied: Conference
On: June 23rd, 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: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 26th, 1972
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 13

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 26th, 1972
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form