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New Jersey Welfare Rights Organization V. Cahill (1972)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 72-6258
Case Term: 1972

Justices Involved

Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.
Justice Lewis F. Powell
Justice William H. Rehnquist
Justice Thurgood Marshall
Justice Byron R. White
Justice Warren E. Burger

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Document 1

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 17th, 1973
Action: Per Curiam Opinion
This refers to a draft per curiam opinion

Document 2

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: April 17th, 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 3

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 18th, 1973
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 4

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 19th, 1973
Action: Per Curiam Opinion
This refers to a draft per curiam opinion

Document 5

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: April 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 6

From: Byron R. White
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: April 20th, 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 7

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 4th, 1973
Action: Per Curiam Opinion
This refers to a draft per curiam opinion

Document 8

From: Warren E. Burger
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: May 4th, 1973
Action: Join Judgment of Court
Memos where a justice states that they join the judgment or result of the Court or where they join part of the judgment