Warren E. Burger

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Chief Justice of the United States human

Warren E. Burger was the 15th Chief Justice of the United States, known for leading the Supreme Court through a period of landmark decisions on issues such as abortion, school desegregation, and criminal justice.

Aliases (3)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chief Justice of the United States → human →
appointedBy	Richard Nixon →
causeOfDeath	congestive heart failure →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1907-09-17 →
dateOfDeath	1995-06-25 →
educatedAt	St. Paul College of Law → University of Minnesota →
endTime	1986-09-26 →
ethnicGroup	German American →
familyName	Burger →
fieldOfWork	constitutional law → criminal law →
givenName	Warren →
hasHonorificPrefix	The Honorable →
knownFor	jurisprudence on abortion → jurisprudence on criminal justice → jurisprudence on school desegregation →
memberOf	American Bar Association →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Republican Party (United States) →
middleName	Earl →
militaryBranch	United States Army Reserve →
militaryRank	captain →
notableEvent	presided over the United States Bicentennial of the Constitution →
notableWork	leadership of the Burger Court →
numberOfChildren	2 →
occupation	judge → jurist → lawyer →
officeEndForChiefJustice	1986-09-26 →
officeStartForChiefJustice	1969-06-23 →
partOf	Burger Court →
placeOfBirth	Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States →
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C., United States →
positionHeld	Chair of the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution → Chancellor of the College of William & Mary → Chief Justice of the United States → Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit →
precededBy	Earl Warren →
religion	Lutheranism →
residence	McLean, Virginia, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
signature	signature of Warren E. Burger →
spouse	Vera D. Burger →
startTime	1969-06-23 →
succeededBy	William H. Rehnquist →
workLocation	Washington, D.C., United States →

Referenced by (44)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
INS v. Chadha ("Chief Justice Warren E. Burger") → Lemon v. Kurtzman → Milliken v. Bradley ("Chief Justice Warren E. Burger") → Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division ("Chief Justice Warren E. Burger") → Wisconsin v. Yoder ("Chief Justice Warren E. Burger") →	majorityOpinionBy
Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson → National League of Cities v. Usery → San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez → Washington v. Davis ("Chief Justice Warren E. Burger") →	joinedByInMajority
Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority ("Justice Warren E. Burger") → Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan ("Justice Warren E. Burger") → New York Times Co. v. United States →	dissentingOpinionBy
Lemon v. Kurtzman → Reed v. Reed →	chiefJusticeAtDecision
Craig v. Boren → Regents of the University of California v. Bakke →	dissentBy
Plyler v. Doe → Roe v. Wade →	hasChiefJusticeAtDecision
Baldwin v. Fish and Game Commission of Montana → Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division →	majorityJustices
Reed v. Reed → United States v. Nixon →	opinionOfTheCourtBy
United States v. Nixon →	chiefJustice
New York Times Co. v. United States →	chiefJusticeAtTime
Hicklin v. Orbeck →	chiefJusticeAtTimeOfDecision
Frontiero v. Richardson ("Chief Justice Warren E. Burger") →	didNotParticipate
New York Times Co. v. United States →	dissentingJustice
The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court ("Chief Justice Warren E. Burger") →	focusesOn
United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court →	hasChiefJustice
Roe v. Wade →	hasConcurringJustice
Plyler v. Doe →	hasDissentBy
Lynch v. Donnelly ("Chief Justice Warren E. Burger") →	hasMajorityOpinionBy
ABA Medal →	hasRecipient
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. NRDC →	joinedBy
Gregg v. Georgia →	joinedByInJudgment
FCC v. Pacifica Foundation →	joinedByInMajorityOrPlurality
Furman v. Georgia →	justiceInDissent
Doe v. Bolton →	majorityJusticesJoining
United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court →	namedAfter
American Bar Association Medal →	notableRecipient
Griggs v. Duke Power Co. ("Chief Justice Warren E. Burger") →	opinionAuthor
The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court ("Warren E. Burger as an often ineffective administrator") →	portrays
William H. Rehnquist →	precededByAsChiefJustice
Earl Warren →	succeededBy