The George Washington University

Department of Political Science

The personal papers of retired Supreme Court justices have many valuable resources for social scientific research. 

Assignments are communicated to the justices  by these periodic assignment sheets, which are circulated by the Chief Justice’s office.  This resource is found in most justices’ papers.

The papers of William J. Brennan, Jr. has circulation records, which are a log of opinion drafts and memos circulated among the justices.  The circulation record also notes the conference vote.

These data are derived from Justice William Brennan’s circulation records.  Conference votes are taken from Justices Marshall, Douglas, and Brennan’s docket sheets.

· Stata 10 format

Tim Johnson has collected the notes taken by Justices Harry Blackmun and Lewis Powell at oral arguments.

· Oral Argument Notes

Opinion Assignment Sheets (1953—1993 Terms)

Circulation Data

Circulation Records (1969—1985 Terms)

Oral Argument Notes (1970-1993 Terms)

Paul Wahlbeck

Supreme Court Justices’ Papers

George Washington University

1953 OT

1954 OT

1955 OT

1956 OT

1957 OT

1958 OT

1959 OT

1960 OT

1961 OT

1962 OT

1963 OT

1964 OT

1965 OT

1966 OT

1967 OT

1968 OT

1969 OT

1970 OT

1971 OT

1972 OT

1973 OT

1974 OT

1975 OT

1976 OT

1977 OT

1978 OT

1979 OT

1980 OT

1981 OT

1982 OT

1983 OT

1984 OT

1985 OT

1986 OT

1987 OT

1988 OT

1989 OT

1990 OT

1991 OT

1992 OT

1993 OT

 

 

 

 

1969 OT

33 Original— 46

50— 88

101— 249

265— 477

513— 1149

 

1970 OT

31 Original— 49

51— 99

107— 226

281— 577

600— 5714

 

1971 OT

9 Original—

70-74

70-75—

70-188

70-212—

71-288

71-300—

71-1017

69-5009—

71-6852

 

1972 OT

27 Original—

71-991

71-1005—

71-1698

72-10—

72-5521

 

 

 

1973 OT

48 Original—

72-985

72-1019—

72-6902

73-9—

73-5615

 

 

 

1974 OT

9 Original—

73-938

73-1004—

73-1475

73-1500—

73-6739

74-8—

74-5140

 

 

1975 OT

36 Original—

74-966

74-1023—

74-1656

75-19—

75-5844

 

 

 

1976 OT

54 Original—

75-978

75-1019—

75-1453

75-1510—

75-1906

76-15—

76-777

74-6438—

76-5416

 

1977 OT

5 Original—

76-944

76-1040—

76-1484

76-1500—

76-1836

77-10—

77-911

76-5325—

77-5549

 

1978 OT

8 Original—

77-991

77-1016—

77-1497

77-1511—

77-1844

78-3—

78-488

78-511—

78-808

77-5324—

78-5420

1979 OT

5 Original—

78-990

78-1006—

78-1487

78-1501—

78-1918

79-1—

79-492

79-509—

79-1268

77-6219—

79-5601

1980 OT

83 Original—

79-983

79-1003—

79-1429

79-1502—

79-2006

80-5—

80-441

80-544—

80-2078

79-5269—

80-5392

1981 OT

88 Original—

80-990

80-1002—

80-1496

80-1538—

80-1991

80-2015—

80-2209

81-9—

81-622

80-5727—

81-5321

1982 OT

8 Original—

81-984

81-1003—

81-1494

81-1506—

81-1985

81-2057—

81-2399

82-11—

82-1066

81-5195—

82-6080

1983 OT

80 Original—

82-485

82-500—

82-975

82-1005—

82-1479

82-1554—

82-1998

82-2042—

82-2140

83-1—

83-498

 

83-558—

83-916

82-5298—

83-5596

 

 

 

 

1984 OT

9 Original—

83-997

83-1007—

83-1492

83-1545—

83-1961

83-2030—

83-2166

84-4—

84-498

84-510—

84-861

 

83-5920—

84-5743

 

 

 

 

 

1985 OT

35 Original—

84-978

84-1023—

84-1493

84-1503—

84-1744

84-1777—

84-2030

85-21—

85-499

85-519—

85-1377

 

84-5555—

85-5542