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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 18, 1978 · October Term 1977
Bordenkircher, Penitentiary Superintendent v. Hayes
ConcurrenceJan 18, 1978 · October Term 1977
Zablocki, Milwaukee County Clerk v. Redhail
MajorityJan 17, 1978 · October Term 1977
National Labor Relations Board v. Local Union No. 103, International Association of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Iron Workers, AFL-CIO, et al.
ConcurrenceJan 16, 1978 · October Term 1977
Smith v. Digmon, Warden, et Al
DissentJan 11, 1978 · October Term 1977
Pfizer Inc. et al. v. Government of India et al.
MajorityJan 10, 1978 · October Term 1977
Quilloin v. Walcott et Vir
MajorityJan 10, 1978 · October Term 1977
Browder v. Director, Department of Corrections of Illinois
MajorityJan 10, 1978 · October Term 1977
Adamo Wrecking Co. v. United States
MajorityJan 9, 1978 · October Term 1977
Chase Manhattan Bank (National Association) v. South Acres Development Co.
MajorityJan 9, 1978 · October Term 1977
Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc., et al. v. Jerome, Judge
MajorityDec 12, 1977 · October Term 1977
United Air Lines, Inc. v. McMann
MajorityDec 12, 1977 · October Term 1977
Moore v. Illinois
MajorityDec 7, 1977 · October Term 1977
United States v. New York Telephone Co.
DissentDec 6, 1977 · October Term 1977
New York v. Cathedral Academy
MajorityDec 6, 1977 · October Term 1977
Nashville Gas Co. v. Satty
MajorityDec 6, 1977 · October Term 1977
Richmond Unified School District v. Berg
MajorityDec 5, 1977 · October Term 1977
Idaho Department of Employment v. Smith
MajorityDec 5, 1977 · October Term 1977
Pennsylvania v. Mimms
DissentNov 29, 1977 · October Term 1977
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Kowalski et Ux.
DissentNov 14, 1977 · October Term 1977
Key et al. v. Doyle et al.
MajorityNov 8, 1977 · October Term 1977
Citizens & Southern National Bank v. Bougas
MajorityNov 8, 1977 · October Term 1977
Califano, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare v. Jobst
DissentNov 7, 1977 · October Term 1977
Rinaldi v. United States
MajorityOct 31, 1977 · October Term 1977
General Atomic Co. v. Felter, Judge, et al.
MajorityOct 11, 1977 · October Term 1977
County Board of Arlington County, Virginia, et al. v. Richards et al.
MajorityOct 11, 1977 · October Term 1977
Southern Overlying Carrier Chapter of the California Dump Truck Owners Association et al. v. Public Utilities Commission of California
MajorityOct 3, 1977 · October Term 1977
New Hampshire v. Maine
DissentJun 29, 1977 · October Term 1976
Coker v. Georgia
ConcurrenceJun 29, 1977 · October Term 1976
Vendo Co. v. Lektro-Vend Corp. et al.
MajorityJun 29, 1977 · October Term 1976
School District of Omaha et al. v. United States et al.
MajorityJun 29, 1977 · October Term 1976
Brennan et al. v. Armstrong et al.
DissentJun 29, 1977 · October Term 1976
Finch v. United States
MajorityJun 29, 1977 · October Term 1976
Harris v. Oklahoma
DissentJun 28, 1977 · October Term 1976
Nixon v. Administrator of General Services et al.
MajorityJun 28, 1977 · October Term 1976
Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard Broadcasting Co.
MajorityJun 27, 1977 · October Term 1976
Milliken, Governor of Michigan, et al. v. Bradley et al.
MajorityJun 27, 1977 · October Term 1976
Hazelwood School District et al. v. United States
ConcurrenceJun 27, 1977 · October Term 1976
Dothard, Director, Department of Public Safety of Alabama, et al. v. Rawlinson et al.
DissentJun 27, 1977 · October Term 1976
Bates et al. v. State Bar of Arizona
MajorityJun 27, 1977 · October Term 1976
Dayton Board of Education et al. v. Brinkman et al.
MajorityJun 24, 1977 · October Term 1976
Shaffer et al. v. Heitner
ConcurrenceJun 24, 1977 · October Term 1976
Wolman et al. v. Walter et al.
MajorityJun 23, 1977 · October Term 1976
Continental T.v., Inc., et al. v. Gte Sylvania Inc.
ConcurrenceJun 23, 1977 · October Term 1976
Wainwright, Secretary, Department of Offender Rehabilitation of Florida v. Sykes
ConcurrenceJun 23, 1977 · October Term 1976
Jones, Secretary, Department of Correction of North Carolina, et al. v. North Carolina Prisoners' Labor Union, Inc.
ConcurrenceJun 23, 1977 · October Term 1976
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Standard Life & Accident Insurance Co.
MajorityJun 23, 1977 · October Term 1976
Puyallup Tribe, Inc., et al. v. Department of Game of Washington et al.
MajorityJun 21, 1977 · October Term 1976
United States v. Chadwick et al.
ConcurrenceJun 21, 1977 · October Term 1976
Miree et al. v. Dekalb County, Georgia, et al.
MajorityJun 20, 1977 · October Term 1976
Maher, Commissioner of Social Services of Connecticut v. Doe et al.