Warren E. Burger

Seat:: Chief Justice
Appointed by:: Richard Nixon
Senate confirmation:: Jun 9, 1969
Recorded service:: Oct 27, 1969 – Jul 7, 1986
Lived:: Sep 17, 1907 – Jun 25, 1995

In plain language

Warren E. Burger, chief justice.
Appointed by Richard Nixon; confirmed June 9, 1969.
Court service October 27, 1969 to July 7, 1986.

Decisions on record (2772)

MajorityJan 22, 1973 · October Term 1972
United States v. Dionisio
MajorityJan 22, 1973 · October Term 1972
United States v. Mara, Aka Marasovich
MajorityJan 18, 1973 · October Term 1972
Nebraska v. Iowa
MajorityJan 17, 1973 · October Term 1972
Goosby et al. v. Osser et al.
MajorityJan 17, 1973 · October Term 1972
Ham v. South Carolina
MajorityJan 17, 1973 · October Term 1972
Gomez v. Perez
MajorityJan 17, 1973 · October Term 1972
Indiana Employment Security Division et al. v. Burney
DissentJan 16, 1973 · October Term 1972
Almota Farmers Elevator & Warehouse Co. v. United States
MajorityJan 16, 1973 · October Term 1972
United States v. Fuller et Ux.
MajorityJan 16, 1973 · October Term 1972
Robinson v. Neil, Warden
MajorityJan 15, 1973 · October Term 1972
American Trial Lawyers Assn., New Jersey Branch, et al. v. New Jersey Supreme Court
MajorityJan 10, 1973 · October Term 1972
Bronston v. United States
DissentJan 10, 1973 · October Term 1972
Hughes Tool Co. et al. v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
MajorityJan 10, 1973 · October Term 1972
Philpott et al. v. Essex County Welfare Board
MajorityJan 10, 1973 · October Term 1972
District of Columbia v. Carter
ConcurrenceJan 10, 1973 · October Term 1972
United States v. Kras
ConcurrenceJan 9, 1973 · October Term 1972
Ricci v. Chicago Mercantile Exchange et al.
MajorityJan 9, 1973 · October Term 1972
Couch v. United States et al.
MajorityDec 18, 1972 · October Term 1972
Executive Jet Aviation, Inc., et al. v. City of Cleveland et al.
MajorityDec 18, 1972 · October Term 1972
Heublein, Inc. v. South Carolina Tax Commission
MajorityDec 12, 1972 · October Term 1972
Erlenbaugh et al. v. United States
MajorityDec 11, 1972 · October Term 1972
One Lot Emerald Cut Stones and One Ring v. United States
MajorityDec 11, 1972 · October Term 1972
Dillard v. Industrial Commission of Virginia et al.
MajorityDec 7, 1972 · October Term 1972
Trafficante et al. v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. et al.
ConcurrenceDec 7, 1972 · October Term 1972
National Labor Relations Board v. Granite State Joint Board, Textile Workers Union of America, Local 1029, AFL-CIO
MajorityDec 7, 1972 · October Term 1972
Swenson, Warden v. Stidham
MajorityDec 6, 1972 · October Term 1972
Tidewater Oil Co. v. United States et al.
MajorityDec 6, 1972 · October Term 1972
Neil, Warden v. Biggers
MajorityDec 5, 1972 · October Term 1972
California et al. v. Larue et al.
MajorityDec 5, 1972 · October Term 1972
Union Oil Co. of California v. the San Jacinto et al.
MajorityDec 4, 1972 · October Term 1972
Evco, Dba Evco Instructional Designs v. Jones, Commissioner of Bureau of Revenue of New Mexico, et al.
MajorityDec 4, 1972 · October Term 1972
Webb v. Texas
DissentDec 4, 1972 · October Term 1972
Cool v. United States
MajorityNov 20, 1972 · October Term 1972
Gottschalk, Acting Commissioner of Patents v. Benson et al.
MajorityNov 20, 1972 · October Term 1972
United States v. Jim et al.
MajorityNov 20, 1972 · October Term 1972
Johnson et al. v. New York State Education Department et al.
MajorityNov 14, 1972 · October Term 1972
Ward v. Village of Monroeville
MajorityNov 7, 1972 · October Term 1972
National Labor Relations Board v. International Van Lines
MajorityNov 6, 1972 · October Term 1972
Murch et al. v. Mottram
MajorityOct 24, 1972 · October Term 1972
Illinois v. Michigan
MajorityOct 24, 1972 · October Term 1972
California v. Krivda et al.
MajorityOct 24, 1972 · October Term 1972
Robinson v. Hanrahan, States Attorney of Cook County
MajorityOct 16, 1972 · October Term 1972
United States v. Louisiana et al. (Louisiana Boundary Case)
MajorityJul 7, 1972 · October Term 1972
O'brien et al. v. Brown et al.
MajorityJun 29, 1972 · October Term 1971
Branzburg v. Hayes et Al., Judges
MajorityJun 29, 1972 · October Term 1971
Kleindienst, Attorney General, et al. v. Mandel et al.
MajorityJun 29, 1972 · October Term 1971
Moore v. Illinois
MajorityJun 29, 1972 · October Term 1971
Port of Portland et al. v. United States et al.
MajorityJun 29, 1972 · October Term 1971
Stewart v. Massachusetts
MajorityJan 15, 1972 · October Term 1972
Richardson, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Morris et al.