Authors: Warren E. Burger

Race and Civil Rights
1945–1989

Griggs v. Duke Power Company

Source: 401 U.S. 424; available at https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/401/424. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER1 delivered the opinion of the Court. We granted the writ in this case to resolve the question whether an

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1945–1989

Bethel School District v. Fraser

Source: 478 U.S. 675, https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/478/675. CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court. We granted certiorari[1] to decide whether the First Amendment prevents a school district from disciplining a

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1945–1989

Miller v. California

Source: 413 U.S. 15, https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/413/15. CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court. This is one of a group of “obscenity-pornography” cases being reviewed by the Court in a

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1945–1989

New York Times Co. v. United States

Source: 403 U.S. 713, https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/403/713. PER CURIAM We granted certiorari[1] in these cases in which the United States seeks to enjoin the New York Times and the Washington Post from

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1945–1989

INS v. Chadha

Source: 462 U.S. 919 (1983) CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER[1] delivered the opinion of the Court. [This case] presents a challenge to the constitutionality of the provision in § 244(c)(2) of the

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Race and Civil Rights
1989–Present

Wisconsin v. Yoder

Source: 406 U.S. 205 (1972); https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/406/205. We have excerpted the Court’s opinion and the dissent of Justice William O. Douglas. We have omitted the concurring opinion of Justice Byron R.

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1945–1989

Lemon v. Kurtzman

Source: 403 U.S. 602 (1971) https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/411/192. All footnotes added by the editors. CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court. These two appeals raise questions as to Pennsylvania and

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1989–Present

Lynch v. Donnelly

Source: 465 U.S. 668 (1984), https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/465/668.html. We include excerpts of Chief Justice Warren E. Burger’s opinion for the Court, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s concurrence, and Justice William J. Brennan Jr.’s

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1945–1989

Bowers v. Hardwick

BOWERS, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF GEORGIA v. HARDWICK ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT After being charged with violating the Georgia statute criminalizing

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