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Brown V. Oklahoma (1971)

 

Document 1

From: Byron R. White
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: June 13th, 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 2

From: Potter Stewart
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: June 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 3

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 15th, 1972
Action: Per Curiam Opinion
This refers to a draft per curiam opinion

Document 4

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Warren E. Burger, William H. Rehnquist
Copied: Lewis F. Powell
On: June 19th, 1972
Action: Hold Case
Justice would hold case for another case; proposes holding this case for another case; suggests an opinion be held over for the next term (e.g., maybe we should hold over); memo about consolidating cases

Document 5

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: June 20th, 1972
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result