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

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Monell Chronology
		Documents
Event	Date	HAB	WJB	TM	LFP	Other
WJB Circulates 2nd Draft Opinion	04/21/78	Memo WJB to Conf	Memo WJB to Conf	Memo WJB to Conf	Memo WJB to Conf
		WJB 2d Draft*	WJB 2d Draft	WJB 2d Draft	WJB 2d Draft*
			WJB 2d Draft (partial)*
SE recommends LFP join WJB 2d Draft but suggests further changes	04/24/78				Memo SE to LFP
LFP prepares draft letter to WJB and asks for SE's comments	04/24/78				Memo LFP to SE (No copy of letter located)
LFP asks SE to prepare draft concurrence	04/24/78				Memo LFP to SE
PS writes WJB expressing "considerable concern" about WJB 2d Draft	04/24/78	Memo PS to WJB	Memo PS to WJB	Memo PS to WJB	Memo PS to WJB*
WJB responds to PS concerns about WJB 2d Draft	04/25/78	Memo WJB to PS*	Memo WJB to PS	Memo WJB to PS	Memo WJB to PS*
WJB responds to PS concerns about WJB 2d Draft	04/25/78				Memo WJB to PS (2d copy)
SE writes note to LFP indicating that PS is still "troubled" by WJB 2d Draft	04/25/78				Memo SE to LFP
LFP drafts but does not send memo to WJB outlining continued areas of concern about WJB 2d Draft	04/25/78				Unsent Draft Memo LFP to WJB
JPS writes WJB stating that he will not join parts II & IV of WJB 2d Draft and will write concurrence	04/26/78	Memo JPS to WJB*	Memo JPS to WJB	Memo JPS to WJB	Memo JPS to WJB
PS writes WJB stating that WJB's 4/25 response reveals deep differences between their positions requiring PS to file a statement declining to join Part II.	04/26/78	Memo PS to WJB	Memo PS to WJB	Memo PS to WJB	Memo PS to WJB
SE annotates LFP's copy of PS's 4/26 memo to WJB and recommends that LFP not join in PS's refusal to join Part II	04/27/78				Memo PS to WJB*
WHR circulates 2d Draft Dissent	04/27/78	WHR 2d Draft	WHR 2d Draft	WHR 2d Draft	WHR 2d Draft
JPS circulates 1st Draft Concurrence	04/27/78		JPS Draft Concurrence	JPS Draft Concurrence	JPS Draft Concurrence
HAB writes WJB stating that he agrees essentially with PS & JPS	04/27/78	Memo HAB to WJB	Memo HAB to WJB	Memo HAB to WJB	Memo HAB to WJB
	04/27/78				Memo HAB to WJB (2d Copy)*
BRW writes WJB stating that he intends to join and suggests minor changes. (On WJB's copy only, BRW states his understanding of limits on municipal liability for deliberate indifference and negligence.)	04/29/78	Memo BRW to WJB*	Memo BRW to WJB*	Memo BRW to WJB	Memo BRW to WJB
SE prepares draft concurrence for LFP. (No copy found. The listed document refers to the draft)	05/01/78				Memo LFP to SE 5/8/78
LFP prepares draft memo to WJB (unsent in this form)	05/01/78				Draft Memo LFP to WJB
LFP writes WJB requesting further revisions of WJB 2d Draft	05/01/78	Memo LFP to WJB*	Memo LFP to WJB	Memo LFP to WJB	Memo LFP to WJB
LFP writes WJB requesting further revisions of WJB 2d Draft	05/01/78				Memo LFP to WJB (2d Copy)
PS writes handwritten memo to LFP only stating that he will not join in Part II of WJB's draft but that he appreciates LFP's efforts to limit that part.	05/01/78				Memo PS to LFP