Inside the Supreme Court
Petition to Decision
Papers of Supreme Court Justices on Selected Civil Rights Cases
David Achtenberg
Professor & Law Foundation Scholar
UMKC School of Law
Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
816-235-2382
| The Brennan Files | |||||
| Archival Box and File Order | |||||
| (Click Beginning Image Number to Link to Document) | |||||
| Box 430 File 8 | |||||
| Brief Description | Date | Begins | Ends | ||
| WJB Docket Sheet (vote record) | various dates | WJB430F80001 | |||
| WJB Merits Conference Notes | 3/6/1978 | WJB430F80002 | |||
| WJB Merits Conference Notes | 11/4/1977 | WJB430F80003 | WJB430F80004 | ||
| Box 434 File 3 | |||||
| Brief Description | Date | Begins | Ends | ||
| Memo WEB to Conference | 2/27/1978 | WJB434F30001 | |||
| Box 437 File 6 | |||||
| Brief Description | Date | Begins | Ends | ||
| Memo WJB to WHR | 1/9/1978 | WJB437F60001 | |||
| WHR Memorandum Second Draft | 1/31/1978 | WJB437F60002 | WJB437F60024 | ||
| WHR Memorandum First Draft | no date | WJB437F60025 | WJB437F60043 | ||
| Memo WEB to WHR | 2/13/1978 | WJB437F60044 | |||
| Memo WJB to LFP | 2/23/1978 | WJB437F60045 | WJB437F60046 | ||
| Memo LFP to Conference | 2/23/1978 | WJB437F60047 | WJB437F60056 | ||
| Memo WHR to Conference (note) | 3/6/1978 | WJB437F60057 | WJB437F60068 | ||
| Memo TM to WJB | 4/5/1978 | WJB437F60069 | |||
| Memo WJB to JPS | 4/10/1978 | WJB437F60070 | |||
| Memo JPS to WJB | 4/10/1978 | WJB437F60071 | |||
| Memo JPS to Conference | 2/23/1978 | WJB437F60072 | |||
| Memo PS to WEB | 2/23/1978 | WJB437F60073 | |||
| Memo WEB to Conference | 2/23/1978 | WJB437F60074 | |||
| Memo BRW to WJB | 2/25/1978 | WJB437F60075 | |||
| Memo WEB to WHR | 3/13/1978 | WJB437F60076 | |||
| Memo LFP to WJB | 4/11/1978 | WJB437F60077 | WJB437F60079 | ||
| Memo JPS to WJB | 4/12/1978 | WJB437F60080 | |||
| Memo BRW to WJB | 4/12/1978 | WJB437F60081 | WJB437F60083 | ||
| Memo WJB to LFP, BRW, JPS | 4/13/1978 | WJB437F60084 | |||
| WHR Dissent Draft | 4/14/1978 | WJB437F60085 | WJB437F60094 | ||
| Memo WJB to Conference (note) | 4/21/1978 | WJB437F60095 | WJB437F60096 | ||
| WJB Opinion 2d Draft | 4/21/1978 | WJB437F60097 | WJB437F60139 | ||
| Box 437 File 7 | |||||
| Brief Description | Date | Begins | Ends | ||
| WJB Opinion 2d Draft | no date | WJB437F70001 | WJB437F70041 | ||
| Memo PS to WJB | 4/24/1978 | WJB437F70042 | |||
| Memo WJB to PS | 4/25/1978 | WJB437F70043 | WJB437F70046 | ||
| WHR Dissent 2d Draft | 4/26/1978 | WJB437F70047 | WJB437F70056 | ||
| Memo PS to WJB | 4/26/1978 | WJB437F70057 | WJB437F70058 | ||
| Memo JPS to WJB | 4/26/2008 | WJB437F70059 | |||
| Memo BRW to WJB | 4/29/1978 | WJB437F70060 | |||
| Memo HAB to WJB | 4/27/1978 | WJB437F70061 | |||
| Memo LFP to WJB | 5/1/1978 | WJB437F70062 | WJB437F70064 | ||
| JPS Concurrence Draft | 4/27/1978 | WJB437F70065 | |||
| Memo TM to WJB | 5/5/1978 | WJB437F70066 | |||
| Memo WJB to LFP | 5/2/1978 | WJB437F70067 | WJB437F70068 | ||
| WJB Opinion 3rd Draft | 5/4/1978 | WJB437F70069 | WJB437F70112 | ||
| Memo LFP to WJB | 5/5/1978 | WJB437F70113 | |||
| Memo HAB to WJB | 5/17/1978 | WJB437F70114 | |||
| LFP Concurrence 2nd Draft | 5/25/1978 | WJB437F70115 | WJB437F70124 | ||
| WHR Dissent 3d Draft | 5/23/1978 | WJB437F70125 | WJB437F70135 | ||
| Memo WEB to WHR | 5/31/1978 | WJB437F70136 | |||
| WJB Opinion 4th Draft | no date | WJB437F70137 | WJB437F70181 | ||
| Box 437 File 8 | |||||
| Brief Description | Date | Begins | Ends | ||
| WJB Opinion 4th Draft | 5/18/1978 | WJB437F80001 | WJB437F80044 | ||
| Syllabus Draft | 5/18/1978 | WJB437F80045 | WJB437F80047 | ||
| Notes for Reading Opinion (note) | no date | WJB437F80049 | WJB437F80055 | ||
| Memo PS to WJB | 5/15/1978 | WJB437F80056 | |||
| Memo BRW to WJB | 5/8/1978 | WJB437F80057 | |||
| Syllabus & Opinion | 6/6/1978 | WJB437F80058 | WJB437F80104 | ||
| Memo WJB to Conference | 6/13/1978 | WJB437F80105 | WJB437F80120 | ||
| Washington Star Clipping | 6/6/1978 | WJB437F80121 | WJB437F80122 | ||
| Notes to Brennan File Documents | |||||
| Document Description | Date | Note | |||
| Memo WHR to Conference | 3/6/1978 | Memo is out of page order in original file | |||
| Memo WJB to Conference | 4/21/1978 | This document consists of two identical copies of the same page. I am not certain whether there were two copies in the file or whether the same page was inadvertently photographed twice. | |||
| Notes for Reading Opinion | no date | Contains one duplicate page | |||