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The Burger Court (1969–1985 Terms)

Decisions from the period when Warren E. Burger was Chief Justice, as grouped by the Supreme Court Database.

2,809decisions
66%favorable to the petitioner
37%unanimous
299altered precedent or struck a law

Justices who sat

Hugo L. Black, William O. Douglas, John M. Harlan II, William J. Brennan Jr., Potter Stewart, Byron R. White, Thurgood Marshall, Warren E. Burger, Harry A. Blackmun, William H. Rehnquist, Lewis F. Powell Jr., John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor

Terms

19691970197119721973197419751976197719781979198019811982198319841985

Decisions that altered precedent or struck down a law (289)

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Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error