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David Achtenberg

Professor & Law Foundation Scholar

UMKC School of Law

Kansas City, MO 64110-2499

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Justice Powell's Miscellaneous Files
Relating to Section 1983

Key to Abbreviations

Cast of Characters

Key to Abbreviations Used
Abbreviation	Name	Title	Term
76 Term Clerks	Charles C. Ames Tyler A. Baker Eugene Comey David Martin	Clerks to Justice Powell	1976-77
77 Term Clerks	Sam Estreicher James D. Alt Nancy J. Bregstein Robert D. Comfort	Clerks to Justice Powell	1977-78
BRW	Byron R. White	Associate Justice	1962-93
CCA	Charles C. Ames	Clerk to Justice Powell	1976-77
EC	Eugene Comey	Clerk to Justice Powell	1976-77
HJF	Henry J. Friendly	Judge CA2
HPM	Henry P. Monaghan	Professor BU
JAS	James A. Strain	Clerk to Justice Rehnquist	1972-73
JBO	Jack B. Owens	Clerk to Justice Powell	1973-74
JIK	Joel I. Klein	Clerk to Justice Powell	1974-75
JJB	John J. Buckley	Clerk to Justice Powell	1973-74
JMH	John Marshall Harlan	Associate Justice	1955-71
JPC	Julia Penny Clark	Clerk to Justice Powell	1974-75
JPJ	J. Phillip Jordan	Clerk to Justice Powell	1975-76
LFP	Lewis F. Powell, Jr.	Associate Justice	1972-87
NJB	Nancy J. Bregstein	Clerk to Justice Powell	1977-78
PS	Potter Stewart	Associate Justice	1958-81
RGC	Ronald G. Carr	Clerk to Justice Powell	1974-75
SE	Sam Estreicher	Clerk to Justice Powell	1977-78
TM	Thurgood Marshall	Associate Justice	1967-91
WEB	Warren E. Burger	Chief Justice	1969-86

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Cast of Characters

Abbreviation	Name	Title	Term
The Justices
WEB	Warren E. Burger	Chief Justice	1969-86
JMH	John Marshall Harlan	Associate Justice	1955-71
TM	Thurgood Marshall	Associate Justice	1967-91
LFP	Lewis F. Powell, Jr.	Associate Justice	1972-87
PS	Potter Stewart	Associate Justice	1958-81
BRW	Byron R. White	Associate Justice	1962-93
The Clerks
CCA	Charles C. Ames	Clerk to Justice Powell	1976-77
NJB	Nancy J. Bregstein	Clerk to Justice Powell	1977-78
JJB	John J. Buckley	Clerk to Justice Powell	1973-74
RGC	Ronald G. Carr	Clerk to Justice Powell	1974-75
JPC	Julia Penny Clark	Clerk to Justice Powell	1974-75
EC	Eugene Comey	Clerk to Justice Powell	1976-77
SE	Sam Estreicher	Clerk to Justice Powell	1977-78
JPJ	J. Phillip Jordan	Clerk to Justice Powell	1975-76
JIK	Joel I. Klein	Clerk to Justice Powell	1974-75
JBO	Jack B. Owens	Clerk to Justice Powell	1973-74
JAS	James A. Strain	Clerk to Justice Rehnquist	1972-73
76 Term Clerks	Charles C. Ames Tyler A. Baker Eugene Comey David Martin	Clerks to Justice Powell	1976-77
77 Term Clerks	Sam Estreicher James D. Alt Nancy J. Bregstein Robert D. Comfort	Clerks to Justice Powell	1977-78
Others
HJF	Henry J. Friendly	Judge CA2
HPM	Henry P. Monaghan	Professor BU