Inside the Supreme Court
Petition to Decision
Papers of Supreme Court Justices on Civil Rights Cases
David Achtenberg
Professor & Law Foundation Scholar
UMKC School of Law
Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
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| Key to Abbreviations Used | |||||
| Abbreviation | Name | Title | Term | ||
| AGS or AS | Antonin Scalia | Associate Justice | 1986-present | ||
| AJB | Albert J. Boro, Jr. | Clerk to Justice White | 1987-88 | ||
| AMK | Anthony M. Kennedy | Associate Justice | 1987-present | ||
| AnnK | Ann M. Kappler | Clerk to Justice Blackmun | 1987-88 | ||
| BRW | Byron R. White | Associate Justice | 1962-93 | ||
| BSB | Beth S. Brinkmann | Clerk to Justice Blackmun | 1986-87 | ||
| HAB | Harry A. Blackmun | Associate Justice | 1970-94 | ||
| HPL | Harry P. Litman |
Clerk to Justice Marshall Clerk to Justice Kennedy |
1987-88 1988-89 |
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| JPS | John Paul Stevens | Associate Justice | 1975-10 | ||
| JRG | Joseph R. Guerra | Clerk to Justice Brennan | 1987-88 | ||
| LFP | Lewis F. Powell, Jr. | Associate Justice | 1972-87 | ||
| RH | Rosemary Herbert | Clerk to Justice Marshall | 1985-86 | ||
| RJM | Ronald J. Mann | Clerk to Justice Powell | 1986-87 | ||
| SDO or SOC | Sandra Day O'Connor | Associate Justice | 1981-06 | ||
| TM | Thurgood Marshall | Associate Justice | 1967-91 | ||
| WHR | William H. Rehnquist |
Associate Justice Chief Justice |
1972-86 1986-05 |
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| WJB | William J. Brennan | Associate Justice | 1956-90 | ||
| WS | Wannett Smith | Secretary to Justice Blackmun | 1978-89 | ||
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| Cast of Characters | |||||
| The Justices | |||||
| Abbreviation | Name | Title | Term | ||
| HAB | Harry A. Blackmun | Associate Justice | 1970-94 | ||
| WJB | William J. Brennan | Associate Justice | 1956-90 | ||
| AMK | Anthony M. Kennedy | Associate Justice | 1987-present | ||
| TM | Thurgood Marshall | Associate Justice | 1967-91 | ||
| SDO or SOC | Sandra Day O'Connor | Associate Justice | 1981-06 | ||
| LFP | Lewis F. Powell, Jr. | Associate Justice | 1972-87 | ||
| WHR | William H. Rehnquist |
Associate Justice Chief Justice |
1972-86 1986-05 |
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| AGS | Antonin Scalia | Associate Justice | 1986-present | ||
| JPS | John Paul Stevens | Associate Justice | 1975-10 | ||
| BRW | Byron R. White | Associate Justice | 1962-93 | ||
| Clerks - Praprotnik Merits (1987-88 Term) | |||||
| Abbreviation | Name | Title | Term | ||
| AJB | Albert J. Boro, Jr. | Clerk to Justice White | 1987-88 | ||
| AnnK | Ann M. Kappler | Clerk to Justice Blackmun | 1987-88 | ||
| HPL | Harry P. Litman |
Clerk to Justice Marshall Clerk to Justice Kennedy |
1987-88 1988-89 |
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| JRG | Joseph R. Guerra | Clerk to Justice Brennan | 1987-88 | ||
| Clerks - Praprotnik Certiorari (1986-87 Term) | |||||
| Abbreviation | Name | Title | Term | ||
| BSB | Beth S. Brinkmann | Clerk to Justice Blackmun | 1986-87 | ||
| RH | Rosemary Herbert | Clerk to Justice Marshall | 1985-86 | ||
| RJM | Ronald J. Mann | Clerk to Justice Powell | 1986-87 | ||
| Others | |||||
| Abbreviation | Name | Title | Term | ||
| WS | Wannett Smith | Secretary to Justice Blackmun | 1978-89 | ||