Warren E. Burger
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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.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Warren E. Burger canonical | 75 |
| Chief Justice Warren E. Burger | 23 |
| Justice Warren E. Burger | 3 |
| Warren Burger | 1 |
| Warren E. Burger as an often ineffective administrator | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T60888 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Warren E. Burger Context triple: [Roe v. Wade, hasChiefJusticeAtDecision, Warren E. Burger]
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A.
Earl Warren
Earl Warren was the 14th Chief Justice of the United States, known for leading a transformative Supreme Court that issued landmark civil rights and civil liberties decisions in the 1950s and 1960s.
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B.
Paul G. Kirk
Paul G. Kirk is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as interim U.S. Senator from Massachusetts following the death of Edward M. Kennedy.
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C.
Robert Bork
Robert Bork was a conservative American jurist and legal scholar whose role in the Watergate-era "Saturday Night Massacre" and later failed Supreme Court nomination made him a highly controversial figure in U.S. legal and political history.
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D.
John G. Roberts Jr.
John G. Roberts Jr. is an American jurist who serves as the 17th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, known for his influential role in shaping contemporary constitutional law.
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E.
John Marshall
John Marshall was the fourth Chief Justice of the United States, whose landmark opinions, especially in Marbury v. Madison, established the principle of judicial review and greatly strengthened the Supreme Court’s authority.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Warren E. Burger Target entity description: 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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A.
Earl Warren
Earl Warren was the 14th Chief Justice of the United States, known for leading a transformative Supreme Court that issued landmark civil rights and civil liberties decisions in the 1950s and 1960s.
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B.
Paul G. Kirk
Paul G. Kirk is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as interim U.S. Senator from Massachusetts following the death of Edward M. Kennedy.
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C.
Robert Bork
Robert Bork was a conservative American jurist and legal scholar whose role in the Watergate-era "Saturday Night Massacre" and later failed Supreme Court nomination made him a highly controversial figure in U.S. legal and political history.
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D.
John G. Roberts Jr.
John G. Roberts Jr. is an American jurist who serves as the 17th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, known for his influential role in shaping contemporary constitutional law.
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E.
John Marshall
John Marshall was the fourth Chief Justice of the United States, whose landmark opinions, especially in Marbury v. Madison, established the principle of judicial review and greatly strengthened the Supreme Court’s authority.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chief Justice of the United States
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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
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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
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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
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| placeOfBirth | Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
|
| positionHeld |
Chair of the Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution
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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
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surface form:
McLean, Virginia, United States
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| signature | signature of Warren E. Burger ⓘ |
| spouse | Vera D. Burger ⓘ |
| startTime | 1969-06-23 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | William H. Rehnquist ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Warren E. Burger Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (103)
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Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
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Milliken v. Bradley (1974)
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INS v. Chadha
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