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United States V. Matlock (1973)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 72-1355
Case Term: 1973

Justices Involved

Justice Byron R. White
Justice Lewis F. Powell
Justice Harry A. Blackmun
Justice William H. Rehnquist
Justice Potter Stewart
Justice William O. Douglas
Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.
Justice Thurgood Marshall
Justice Warren E. Burger

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Document 1

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 18th, 1974
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: January 19th, 1974
Action: Memo Regarding Meeting Time, Place or Agenda
Memo may suggest that the justice talk or discuss an issue at conference; memo may maintain that no further conference discussion is needed; memo may state that a justice will be away

Document 3

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: January 21st, 1974
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 4

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: January 24th, 1974
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 H. Rehnquist
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: January 28th, 1974
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: Potter Stewart
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: January 28th, 1974
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: January 31st, 1974
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 8

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 1st, 1974
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form

Document 9

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: William J. Brennan, Jr.
Copied: Conference
On: February 4th, 1974
Action: Join Dissent
Memos where a justice states that they join a dissenting opinion, including joining the dissent in part, joining a dissent from denial of cert, or joining a dissent at foot. The identity of the dissenting opinion author who receives the join is located in the JOINED variable.

Document 10

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 14th, 1974
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 11

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 14th, 1974
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 12

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: February 14th, 1974
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.