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.

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Warren E. Burger canonical 75
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger 23
Justice Warren E. Burger 3

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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 ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
middleName Earl ⓘ
militaryBranch Army Reserve ⓘ
surface form: 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 Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Burger Court
placeOfBirth Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: 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. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States

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