Burger Court

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era of the Supreme Court of the United States judicial era

The Burger Court was the era of the U.S. Supreme Court (1969–1986) led by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, noted for landmark decisions on civil rights, abortion, and the rights of the accused.

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Label	Occurrences
Burger Court canonical	8
Burger Court era	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	era of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ judicial era ⓘ
appliesLegalSystem	common law ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	First Amendment jurisprudence ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment jurisprudence ⓘ civil rights law in the United States ⓘ constitutional law of the United States ⓘ federal criminal procedure ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	judicial branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endTime	1986 ⓘ
followedBy	Rehnquist Court ⓘ
hasChiefJustice	Warren E. Burger ⓘ
headOfGovernmentBody	Warren E. Burger ⓘ
ideologicalTendency	generally more conservative than Warren Court ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
namedAfter	Warren E. Burger ⓘ
notableCase	Furman v. Georgia ⓘ Goss v. Lopez ⓘ Gregg v. Georgia ⓘ In re Winship ⓘ Lemon v. Kurtzman ⓘ McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green ⓘ Miller v. California ⓘ New York Times Co. v. United States ⓘ Regents of the University of California v. Bakke ⓘ Roe v. Wade ⓘ San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez ⓘ Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education ⓘ United States v. Nixon ⓘ Wisconsin v. Yoder ⓘ
notableFor	landmark decisions on abortion ⓘ landmark decisions on civil rights ⓘ landmark decisions on rights of the accused ⓘ
numberOfJustices	9 ⓘ
partOf	history of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
positionHeldByChiefJustice	Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
replaced	Warren Court era ⓘ surface form: Warren Court
startTime	1969 ⓘ
subjectHasRole	addressed affirmative action in higher education ⓘ addressed school desegregation remedies ⓘ developed modern abortion jurisprudence ⓘ expanded some criminal procedure protections ⓘ limited some rulings of the Warren Court ⓘ shaped modern death penalty jurisprudence ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Plyler v. Doe → decidedBy → Burger Court ⓘ

Cannon v. University of Chicago → decidedBy → Burger Court ⓘ

Grove City College v. Bell → timePeriod → Burger Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burger Court era

Rehnquist Court → precededBy → Burger Court ⓘ

Lau v. Nichols → decidedBy → Burger Court ⓘ

John → isPartOf → Burger Court ⓘ

subject surface form: John Paul Stevens

Rostker v. Goldberg → decidedBy → Burger Court ⓘ

United States Trust Co. v. New Jersey → timePeriod → Burger Court ⓘ

John → partOf → Burger Court ⓘ

subject surface form: John M. Harlan II

Warren Court era → followedBy → Burger Court ⓘ

this entity surface form: Burger Court era