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Environmental Protection Agency V. Mink (1972)

 

Document 1

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: December 26th, 1972
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: Potter Stewart
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: December 27th, 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.
Action: May Write Concurring Opinion
A 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.

Document 3

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: December 27th, 1972
Action: Will Write Dissenting Opinion
A memo where a justice states that he or she will circulate a dissenting opinion draft, including that a dissenting opinion will be out soon or that a revised draft of the dissenting opinion will be circulated; this also applies to statements responding to dissent assignments like will be glad to write dissent, self-assignment of dissent (e.g., we are in dissent and I will write it), or requesting permission to write dissent (e.g., is it ok if I write a dissent)

Document 4

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: December 27th, 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.
Action: May Write Concurring Opinion
A 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.

Document 5

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: December 28th, 1972
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 6

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 2nd, 1973
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 7

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 3rd, 1973
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 8

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: January 3rd, 1973
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: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 5th, 1973
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 10

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 11th, 1973
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 11

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 18th, 1973
Action: Separate Opinion Author's Response
Circulation of Change to Separate Opinion (e.g., footnote, portion of opinion, adding paragraph); this occurs in a memo, not on a draft opinion; circulation of change to unlabeled opinion

Document 12

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: January 18th, 1973
Action: Join Concur in Part and Dissent in Part
Memos where justices state that they join an opinion that concurs in part and dissents in part; alternatively, the opinion that is joined might concur in judgment and dissent. The identity of the opinion author who receives the join is located in the JOINED variable.

Document 13

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 18th, 1973
Action: Concur in Part and Dissent in Part
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in part and dissents in part, including opinions that concur in judgment and dissent (or dissent in part), concur in judgment in part and dissent (or dissent in part), or dissent in one docket and concurs in another docket

Document 14

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: January 19th, 1973
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 15

From: William O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 19th, 1973
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 16

From: Potter Stewart
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 19th, 1973
Action: Concurring Opinion
This refers to a concurring opinion draft

Document 17

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 19th, 1973
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft