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Operating Engineers V. Flair Builders, Inc. (1971)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 71-41
Case Term: 1971

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 5th, 1972
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: William O. Douglas
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: May 5th, 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: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 8th, 1972
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 4

From: Potter Stewart
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: May 9th, 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: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 11th, 1972
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 6

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: May 11th, 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: Thurgood Marshall
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: May 11th, 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: Byron R. White
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: May 11th, 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: William H. Rehnquist
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: May 15th, 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: Lewis F. Powell
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 19th, 1972
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 11

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 22nd, 1972
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 12

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 29th, 1972
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 13

From: Lewis F. Powell
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 14

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: Conference
On: May 29th, 1972
Action: Join Dissent
Memos where a justice states that they join a dissenting opinion, including joining the dissent in part, joining a dissent from denial of cert, or joining a dissent at foot. The identity of the dissenting opinion author who receives the join is located in the JOINED variable.