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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)

MajorityJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
Torres v. Puerto Rico
MajorityJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. Helstoski
MajorityJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
Helstoski v. Meanor, United States District Judge, et al.
ConcurrenceJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
Sandstrom v. Montana
MajorityJun 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. McCombs et al.
MajorityJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Lo-Ji Sales, Inc. v. New York
MajorityJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Reiter v. Sonotone Corp. et al.
MajorityJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Andrus, Secretary of the Interior, et al. v. Sierra Club et al.
MajorityJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Great American Federal Savings & Loan Association et al. v. Novotny
MajorityJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Southeastern Community College v. Davis
MajorityJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Moore et al. v. Sims et Ux.
MajorityJun 11, 1979 · October Term 1978
Southern Railway Co. v. Seaboard Allied Milling Corp. et al.
DissentJun 5, 1979 · October Term 1978
Dunaway v. New York
DissentJun 5, 1979 · October Term 1978
Davis v. Passman
MajorityJun 5, 1979 · October Term 1978
Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts et al. v. Feeney
MajorityJun 5, 1979 · October Term 1978
Babbitt, Governor of Arizona, et al. v. United Farm Workers National Union et al.
MajorityJun 4, 1979 · October Term 1978
Dunn v. United States
MajorityJun 4, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. Batchelder
MajorityJun 4, 1979 · October Term 1978
Brown v. Felsen
ConcurrenceJun 4, 1979 · October Term 1978
County Court of Ulster County, New York, et al. v. Allen et al.
MajorityJun 4, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. Addonizio et al.
MajorityJun 4, 1979 · October Term 1978
Marchioro et al. v. Chaney et al.
MajorityMay 29, 1979 · October Term 1978
Greenholtz, Chairman, Board of Parole of Nebraska, et al. v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal and Correction Complex et al.
ConcurrenceMay 29, 1979 · October Term 1978
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers et al. v. Foust
MajorityMay 29, 1979 · October Term 1978
Parker v. Randolph et al.
MajorityMay 29, 1979 · October Term 1978
Great Western Sugar Co. v. Nelson
MajorityMay 29, 1979 · October Term 1978
Green v. Georgia
DissentMay 21, 1979 · October Term 1978
Oscar Mayer & Co. et al. v. Evans
MajorityMay 21, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. Naftalin
MajorityMay 21, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. Timmreck
MajorityMay 21, 1979 · October Term 1978
Kentucky v. Whorton
MajorityMay 21, 1979 · October Term 1978
Connor et al. v. Coleman, Judge, United States Court of Appeals, et al.
MajorityMay 14, 1979 · October Term 1978
Burks et al. v. Lasker et al.
MajorityMay 14, 1979 · October Term 1978
Ford Motor Co. (Chicago Stamping Plant) v. National Labor Relations Board et al.
MajorityMay 14, 1979 · October Term 1978
United States v. 564.54 Acres of Land, More Or Less, Situated in Monroe and Pike Counties, Pennsylvania, et al.
MajorityMay 14, 1979 · October Term 1978
Bell, Attorney General, et al. v. Wolfish et al.
ConcurrenceMay 14, 1979 · October Term 1978
Chapman, Commissioner, Department of Human Resources of Texas, et al. v. Houston Welfare Rights Organization et al.
ConcurrenceMay 14, 1979 · October Term 1978
Cannon v. University of Chicago et al.
MajorityApr 30, 1979 · October Term 1978
Addington v. Texas
MajorityApr 30, 1979 · October Term 1978
Japan Line, Ltd., et al. v. County of Los Angeles et al.
MajorityApr 30, 1979 · October Term 1978
Toll, President, University of Maryland v. Moreno et al.
MajorityApr 30, 1979 · October Term 1978
Smith et al. v. Arkansas State Highway Employees, Local 1315, et al.
MajorityApr 30, 1979 · October Term 1978
Wilkins v. United States
DissentApr 24, 1979 · October Term 1978
Hughes v. Oklahoma
MajorityApr 24, 1979 · October Term 1978
Parham v. Hughes
MajorityApr 24, 1979 · October Term 1978
North Carolina v. Butler
DissentApr 24, 1979 · October Term 1978
Caban v. Mohammed et Ux.
DissentApr 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
Douglas Oil Company of California et al. v. Petrol Stops Northwest et al.
MajorityApr 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
Dalia v. United States
MajorityApr 18, 1979 · October Term 1978
Chrysler Corp. v. Brown, Secretary of Defense, et al.