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David Achtenberg

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UMKC School of Law

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 Key to Abbreviations Cast of Characters
     
Key to Abbreviations Used
Abbreviation Name Title Term
ASM Alan S. Madans Clerk to Justice Blackmun 1982-83
BRW Byron R. White Associate Justice 1962-93
  BWS Unidentified (possibly Wannett Smith) See WS See WS  
  DAC David A. Charny Clerk to Justice Powell 1983-84  
HAB Harry A. Blackmun Associate Justice 1970-94
  HCL Henry C. Lind Reporter of Decisions 1979-87  
JPS John Paul Stevens Associate Justice 1975-10
  KJW Kevin J. Worthen Clerk to Justice White 1983-84  
  LFP Lewis F. Powell Associate Justice 1972-87  
  RAB Richard A. Bartlett Clerk to Justice Blackmun 1983-84  
  RK D. Rives Kistler Clerk to Justice Powell 1982-83  
  RLB Ronald L. Blunt Clerk to Justice Rehnquist 1982-83  
SDO or SOC Sandra Day O'Connor Associate Justice 1981-06
TM Thurgood Marshall Associate Justice 1967-91
  WEB Warren E. Burger Chief Justice 1969-86  
WHR William H. Rehnquist Associate Justice
Chief Justice
1972-86
1986-05
WJB William J. Brennan Associate Justice 1956-90
  WS Wannett Smith Secretary to Justice Blackmun 1978-89  
  WWF or TF William W. ("Terry") Fisher III Clerk to Justice Marshall 1983-84  

 

 

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Cast of Characters
The Justices
Abbreviation Name Title Term
  HAB Harry A. Blackmun Associate Justice 1970-94  
  WEB Warren E. Burger Chief Justice 1969-86  
WJB William J. Brennan Associate Justice 1956-90
TM Thurgood Marshall Associate Justice 1967-91
  SDO or SOC Sandra Day O'Connor Associate Justice 1981-06  
LFP Lewis F. Powell Associate Justice 1972-87
  WHR William H. Rehnquist Associate Justice
Chief Justice
1972-86
1986-2005
 
JPS John Paul Stevens Associate Justice 1975-2010
BRW Byron R. White Associate Justice 1962-93
Clerks
Abbreviation Name Title Term
  RAB Richard A. Bartlett Clerk to Justice Blackmun 1983-84  
  RK D. Rives Kistler Clerk to Justice Powell 1982-83  
  RLB Ronald L. Blunt Clerk to Justice Rehnquist 1982-83  
  DAC David A. Charny Clerk to Justice Powell 1983-84  
  WWF or TF William W. ("Terry") Fisher III Clerk to Justice Marshall 1983-84  
  ASM Alan S. Madans Clerk to Justice Blackmun 1982-83  
  KJW Kevin J. Worthen Clerk to Justice White 1983-84  
Other
Abbreviation Name Title Term
HCL Henry C. Lind Reporter of Decisions 1979-87
  WS Wannett Smith Secretary to Justice Blackmun 1978-89  
  BWS Unidentified (possibly Wannett Smith) See WS See WS