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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| Researcher Information |
| Key to Abbreviations |
| Abbreviation | Name | Title | Term | ||
| BRW | Byron R. White | Associate Justice | 1962-93 | ||
| EG | Elliot Gerson | Clerk to Justice Stewart | 1980-81 | ||
| HAB | Harry A. Blackmun | Associate Justice | 1970-94 | ||
| HCL | Henry Curtis Lind | Reporter of Decisions | 1979-89 | ||
| JAS | John A. Siciliano | Clerkt to Justice Marshall | 1980-81 | ||
| JJB | Janes J. Brudney | Clerk to Justice Blackmun | 1980-81 | ||
| JPD | John P. Dean | Clerk to Justice Blackmun | 1980-81 | ||
| JPS | John Paul Stevens | Associate Justice | 1975-10 | ||
| LFP | Lewis F. Powell, Jr. | Associate Justice | 1972-87 | ||
| PMS | Paul M. Smith | Clerk to Justice Powell | 1980-81 | ||
| PS | Potter Stewart | Associate Justice | 1958-81 | ||
| PWC | Paul W. Cane Jr. | Clerk to Justice Powell | 1980-81 | ||
| SS | Sally Smith | Secretary to Justice Powell | 1972-87 | ||
| TM | Thurgood Marshall | Associate Justice | 1967-91 | ||
| WEB | Warren E. Burger | Chief Justice | 1969-86 | ||
| WHR | William H. Renquist |
Associate Justice Chief Justice |
1972-86 1986-05 |
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| WJB | William J. Brennan | Associate Justice | 1956-90 | ||
| WM | Wanda Martinson | Secretary to Justice Blackmun | 1970-98 | ||
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| Cast of Characters |
| The Justices | |||
| Abbreviation | Name | Title | Term |
| WEB | Warren E. Burger | Chief Justice | 1969-86 |
| HAB | Harry A. Blackmun | Associate Justice | 1970-94 |
| WJB | William J. Brennan | Associate Justice | 1956-90 |
| TM | Thurgood Marshall | Associate Justice | 1967-91 |
| LFP | Lewis F. Powell, Jr. | Associate Justice | 1972-87 |
| WHR | William H. Rehnquist |
Associate Justice Chief Justice |
1972-86 1986-05 |
| JPS | John Paul Stevens | Associate Justice | 1975-10 |
| PS | Potter Stewart | Associate Justice | 1958-81 |
| BRW | Byron R. White | Associate Justice | 1962-93 |
| Clerks - Newport (1980-81 Term) | |||
| Abbreviation | Name | Title | Term |
| JJB | James J. Brudney | Clerk to Justice Blackmun | 1980-81 |
| PWC | Paul W. Cane Jr. | Clerk to Justice Powell | 1980-81 |
| JPD | John P. Dean | Clerk to Justice Blackmun | 1980-81 |
| EG | Elliot Gerson | Clerk to Justice Stewart | 1980-81 |
| JAS | John A. Siciliano | Clerk to Justice Marshall | 1980-81 |
| PMS | Paul M. Smith | Clerk to Justice Powell | 1980-81 |
| Others | |||
| Abbreviation | Name | Title | Term |
| HCL | Henry Curtis Lind | Reporter of Decisions | 1979-87 |
| WM | Wanda Martinson | Secretary to Justice Blackmun | 1970-98 |
| SS | Sally Smith | Secretary to Justice Powell | 1972-87 |