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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 3, 1985 · October Term 1984
Hillsborough County, Florida, et al. v. Automated Medical Laboratories, Inc.
MajorityJun 3, 1985 · October Term 1984
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Massachusetts
DissentMay 28, 1985 · October Term 1984
Zauderer v. Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Supreme Court of Ohio
MajorityMay 28, 1985 · October Term 1984
Landreth Timber Co. v. Landreth et al.
MajorityMay 28, 1985 · October Term 1984
Gould v. Ruefenacht et Al
MajorityMay 20, 1985 · October Term 1984
Burger King Corp. v. Rudzewicz
MajorityMay 20, 1985 · October Term 1984
Ponte, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution v. Real
MajorityMay 20, 1985 · October Term 1984
Connecticut Department of Income Maintenance v. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.
MajorityMay 20, 1985 · October Term 1984
Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., et al. v. Nation Enterprises et al.
MajorityMay 20, 1985 · October Term 1984
Black, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections and Human Resources, et al. v. Romano
MajorityMay 13, 1985 · October Term 1984
California v. Carney
MajorityMay 13, 1985 · October Term 1984
Tennessee v. Street
DissentMay 13, 1985 · October Term 1984
Liparota v. United States
MajorityMay 13, 1985 · October Term 1984
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Rios-Pineda et al.
MajorityMay 13, 1985 · October Term 1984
Hopfmann et al. v. Connolly et al.
MajorityMay 12, 1985 · October Term 1984
United States v. Benchimol
DissentApr 29, 1985 · October Term 1984
Francis, Warden v. Franklin
MajorityApr 29, 1985 · October Term 1984
Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Weintraub et al.
MajorityApr 29, 1985 · October Term 1984
School Committee of the Town of Burlington, Massachusetts, et al. v. Department of Education of Massachusetts et al.
MajorityApr 29, 1985 · October Term 1984
United States v. Maine et al. (Rhode Island and New York Boundary Case)
MajorityApr 29, 1985 · October Term 1984
Arkansas v. Mississippi
MajorityApr 23, 1985 · October Term 1984
Tony and Susan Alamo Foundation et al. v. Secretary of Labor
MajorityApr 17, 1985 · October Term 1984
Webb v. County Board of Education of Dyer County, Tennessee, et al.
MajorityApr 17, 1985 · October Term 1984
Wilson et al. v. Garcia
MajorityApr 17, 1985 · October Term 1984
Springfield Township School District et al. v. Knoll
MajorityApr 16, 1985 · October Term 1984
Central Intelligence Agency et al. v. Sims et al.
MajorityApr 16, 1985 · October Term 1984
Kerr-Mcgee Corp. v. Navajo Tribe of Indians et al.
MajorityApr 16, 1985 · October Term 1984
Allis-Chalmers Corp. v. Lueck
MajorityApr 16, 1985 · October Term 1984
Hunter et al. v. Underwood et al.
MajorityApr 15, 1985 · October Term 1984
State of Ohio v. Commonwealth of Kentucky on Bill of Complaint
DissentApr 15, 1985 · October Term 1984
Mintzes, Warden v. Buchanon
MajorityApr 1, 1985 · October Term 1984
United States et al. v. Locke et al.
MajorityApr 1, 1985 · October Term 1984
United States v. Miller
MajorityApr 1, 1985 · October Term 1984
Honig, Superintendent of Public Instruction of California, et al. v. Students of the California School for the Blind et al.
DissentMar 27, 1985 · October Term 1984
Tennessee v. Garner et al.
MajorityMar 27, 1985 · October Term 1984
Town of Hallie et al. v. City of Eau Claire
MajorityMar 27, 1985 · October Term 1984
Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference, Inc., et al. v. United States
MajorityMar 26, 1985 · October Term 1984
Ball v. United States
MajorityMar 26, 1985 · October Term 1984
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. et al. v. Ward et al.
MajorityMar 20, 1985 · October Term 1984
United States v. Sharpe et al.
MajorityMar 20, 1985 · October Term 1984
Florida Power & Light Co. v. Lorion, Dba Center for Nuclear Responsibility, et al.
ConcurrenceMar 20, 1985 · October Term 1984
Winston, Sheriff, et al. v. Lee
DissentMar 20, 1985 · October Term 1984
Lindahl v. Office of Personnel Management
MajorityMar 20, 1985 · October Term 1984
Hayes v. Florida
MajorityMar 20, 1985 · October Term 1984
Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services v. Chaney et al.
MajorityMar 19, 1985 · October Term 1984
Anderson v. City of Bessemer City, North Carolina
MajorityMar 19, 1985 · October Term 1984
First National Bank of Atlanta, As Successor in Interest To First National Bank of Cartersville, Georgia v. Bartow County Board of Tax Assessors et al.
MajorityMar 19, 1985 · October Term 1984
Wayte v. United States
MajorityMar 19, 1985 · October Term 1984
Bennett, Secretary of Education v. New Jersey
MajorityMar 19, 1985 · October Term 1984
Bennett, Secretary of Education v. Kentucky Department of Education