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 | ||
| 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 |
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| 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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| 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 |
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| JPS | John Paul Stevens | Associate Justice | 1975-2010 | ||
| BRW | Byron R. White | Associate Justice | 1962-93 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 | ||