From: Byron R. White
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: Conference
On: April 25th, 1973
Action: Join Majority OpinionMemos 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.
Action: May Write Concurring OpinionA memo where a justice states that he or she may (or will likely) write a concurring opinion; this also applies to opinions that concur in part, concurrences in judgment, or concurrences at foot.
Action: Await DissentJustice indicates that he or she awaits a dissenting opinion, including opinions that dissent in part