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Gulf Oil Corp. V. Copp Paving Co. (1973)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 73-1012
Case Term: 1973

Justices Involved

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

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Document 1

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 19th, 1974
Action: Memos about Cert Votes
A justice's cert vote (grant, deny, or note probable jurisdiction, join three); suggest they grant cert for specific issue; discussion of which questions cert grant should be limited to; adhere to cert vote; memo about cert petition (e.g., listing it on the conference list (special order list)); case should be relisted; make suggestions to proposed questions in case; any memo about listing or relisting a case

Document 2

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 19th, 1974
Action: Memos about Cert Votes
A justice's cert vote (grant, deny, or note probable jurisdiction, join three); suggest they grant cert for specific issue; discussion of which questions cert grant should be limited to; adhere to cert vote; memo about cert petition (e.g., listing it on the conference list (special order list)); case should be relisted; make suggestions to proposed questions in case; any memo about listing or relisting a case

Document 3

From: William H. Rehnquist
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 19th, 1974
Action: Vote on a Motion (e.g., to vacate stay order, to deny an injunction)
Would deny stay; retain stay; suggest they not act on a motion or order; should vacate order; comment on when they should vote on the motion

Document 4

From: Lewis F. Powell
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 19th, 1974
Action: Vote on a Motion (e.g., to vacate stay order, to deny an injunction)
Would deny stay; retain stay; suggest they not act on a motion or order; should vacate order; comment on when they should vote on the motion

Document 5

From: Thurgood Marshall
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 19th, 1974
Action: Vote on a Motion (e.g., to vacate stay order, to deny an injunction)
Would deny stay; retain stay; suggest they not act on a motion or order; should vacate order; comment on when they should vote on the motion

Document 6

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 19th, 1974
Action: Vote on a Motion (e.g., to vacate stay order, to deny an injunction)
Would deny stay; retain stay; suggest they not act on a motion or order; should vacate order; comment on when they should vote on the motion

Document 7

From: Harry A. Blackmun
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 20th, 1974
Action: Vote on a Motion (e.g., to vacate stay order, to deny an injunction)
Would deny stay; retain stay; suggest they not act on a motion or order; should vacate order; comment on when they should vote on the motion

Document 8

From: Potter Stewart
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 20th, 1974
Action: Vote on a Motion (e.g., to vacate stay order, to deny an injunction)
Would deny stay; retain stay; suggest they not act on a motion or order; should vacate order; comment on when they should vote on the motion

Document 9

From: Warren E. Burger
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 21st, 1974
Action: Vote on a Motion (e.g., to vacate stay order, to deny an injunction)
Would deny stay; retain stay; suggest they not act on a motion or order; should vacate order; comment on when they should vote on the motion