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Parker V. North Carolina (1969)

 

Case Details

Docket Number: 268
Case Term: 1969

Justices Involved

Justice Byron R. White
Justice Potter Stewart
Justice Warren E. Burger
Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.

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Document 1

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: February 18th, 1970
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 2

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 2nd, 1970
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 3

From: Potter Stewart
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 3rd, 1970
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: Warren E. Burger
To: Byron R. White
Copied: Conference
On: March 5th, 1970
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: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 6th, 1970
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 6

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 30th, 1970
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft

Document 7

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: March 30th, 1970
Action: Cover Memo to Majority Opinion or Per Curiam Opinion
This includes a cover memo to memorandum opinion if written by the assigned author; cover memo to changes to majority opinion

Document 8

From: William J. Brennan, Jr.
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: April 3rd, 1970
Action: Dissenting Opinion
This refers to a dissenting opinion draft, including dissents from denial of certiorari if in opinion form
Action: Concur in Judgment
This refers to an opinion draft that concurs in the judgment or result

Document 9

From: Byron R. White
To: Conference
Copied: None
On: May 1st, 1970
Action: Majority Opinion
This refers to a majority opinion draft