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 Key to Abbreviations Cast of Characters
Key to Abbreviations Used
Abbreviation Name Title Term
BRW Byron R. White Associate Justice 1962-93
HAB Harry A. Blackmun Associate Justice 1970-94
  JPC Penny Clark Clerk to Justice Powell 1974-75  
JPJ J. Phillip Jordan Clerk to Justice Powell 1975-76
           
LFP Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Associate Justice 1972-87
  JPC Penny Clark Clerk to Justice Powell 1974-75  
PS Potter Stewart Associate Justice 1958-81
  RAS Ronald A. Stern Clerk to Justice Stewart 1975-76  
WHB William H. Block Clerk to Justice Blackmun 1976-77
WHR William H. Rehnquist Associate Justice
Chief Justice
1972-86
1986-05
WJB William J. Brennan Associate Justice 1956-90
WEB Warren E. Burger Chief Justice  1969-86

 

 

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Cast of Characters
Abbreviation Name Title Term
The Justices
HAB Harry A. Blackmun Associate Justice 1970-94
WJB William J. Brennan Associate Justice 1956-90
WEB Warren E. Burger Chief Justice  1969-86
TM Thurgood Marshall Associate Justice 1967-91
LFP Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Associate Justice 1972-87
WHR William H. Rehnquist Associate Justice
Chief Justice
1972-86
1986-05
JPS John Paul Stevens Associate Justice 1975-2010
PS Potter Stewart Associate Justice 1958-81
BRW Byron R. White Associate Justice 1962-93
The Clerks
JPJ J. Phillip Jordan Clerk to Justice Powell 1975-76
WHB William H. Block Clerk to Justice Blackmun 1976-77