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Kois V. Wisconsin (1971)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 71-5625
Case Term: 1971

Justices Involved

Justice William H. Rehnquist
Justice Potter Stewart
Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.
Justice William O. Douglas
Justice Byron R. White
Justice Lewis F. Powell

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Document 1

From: William H. Rehnquist
To:
Copied: None
On: None provided.
Action: Per Curiam Opinion
This refers to a draft per curiam opinion

Document 2

From: Potter Stewart
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: April 3rd, 1972
Action: Concur at Foot
This refers to a letter where a justice asks that a concurrence (or a concurrence in part) be noted at the foot of an opinion

Document 3

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 4th, 1972
Action: Per Curiam Opinion
This refers to a draft per curiam opinion

Document 4

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: April 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 5

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 10th, 1972
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 6

From: Byron R. White
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: April 14th, 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: May 22nd, 1972
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 8

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Conference
On: June 19th, 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.