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Gateway Coal Co. V. Mine Workers (1973)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 72-782
Case Term: 1973

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: December 6th, 1973
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: Potter Stewart
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: Conference
On: December 7th, 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 J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: Conference
On: December 7th, 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 4

From: Byron R. White
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: Conference
On: December 8th, 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 5

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: Conference
On: December 10th, 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: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: Conference
On: December 10th, 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 O. Douglas
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: December 19th, 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: Lewis F. Powell
Copied: Conference
On: December 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 9

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: December 27th, 1973
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 10

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 4th, 1974
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 11

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: January 16th, 1974
Action: Proposes Disposition of Held Cases
Memo lists cases held for an opinion and gives cert votes or votes on the merits for the held cases; justice may state that held cases should be discussed at conference