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 |
| BRW | Byron R. White | Associate Justice | 1962-93 |
| DRO | Daniel R. Ortiz | Clerk to Justice Powell | 1984-85 |
| HAB | Harry A. Blackmun | Associate Justice | 1970-94 |
| HCL | Henry Curtis Lind | Reporter of Decisions | 1979-89 |
| HLM | Helane L. Morrison | Clerk to Justice Blackmun | 1985-86 |
| JPS | John Paul Stevens | Associate Justice | 1975-10 |
| LDK | Larry D. Kramer | Clerk to Justice Brennan | 1985-86 |
| LFP | Lewis F. Powell, Jr. | Associate Justice | 1972-87 |
| MWM | Michael W. Mossman | Clerk to Justice Powell | 1985-86 |
| PGM | Paul G. Mahoney | Clerk to Justice Marshall | 1985-86 |
| PS | Potter Stewart | Associate Justice | 1958-81 |
| RWC | Ray W. Campbell | Clerk to Justice Burger | 1984-85 |
| SOC | Sandra Day O'Connor | Associate Justice | 1981-06 |
| SS | Sally Smith | Secretary to Justice Powell | 1972-87 |
| TM | Thurgood Marshall | Associate Justice | 1967-91 |
| VB | Vicki Been | Clerk to Justice Blackmun | 1984-85 |
| WEB | Warren E. Burger | Chief Justice | 1969-86 |
| WHR | William H. Rehnquist |
Associate Justice Chief Justice |
1972-86 1986-05 |
| WJB | William J. Brennan | Associate Justice | 1956-90 |
| 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 |
| SOC | Sandra Day O'Connor | Associate Justice | 1981-06 |
| 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 |
| BRW | Byron R. White | Associate Justice | 1962-93 |
| Clerks - Pembaur Merits (1985-86 Term) | |||
| Abbreviation | Name | Title | Term |
| LDK | Larry D. Kramer | Clerk to Justice Brennan | 1985-86 |
| PGM | Paul G. Mahoney | Clerk to Justice Marshall | 1985-86 |
| HLM | Helane L. Morrison | Clerk to Justice Blackmun | 1985-86 |
| MWM | Michael W. Mossman | Clerk to Justice Powell | 1985-86 |
| Clerks - Pembaur Certiorari (1984-85 Term) | |||
| Abbreviation | Name | Title | Term |
| VB | Vicki Been | Clerk to Justice Blackmun | 1984-85 |
| RWC | Ray W. Campbell | Clerk to Justice Burger | 1984-85 |
| DRO | Daniel R. Ortiz | Clerk to Justice Powell | 1984-85 |
| Others | |||
| Abbreviation | Name | Title | Term |
| HCL | Henry Curtis Lind | Reporter of Decisions | 1979-87 |
| SS | Sally Smith | Secretary to Justice Powell | 1972-87 |