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Jun 26, 1995 · Warren E. Burger, who retired in 1986 after 17 years as the 15th Chief Justice of the United States, died here today at age 87. The cause was congestive heart failure, a spokeswoman for the...
Sep 24, 2014 · New York, September 24, 2014— Many scholars have written off the legacy of the late U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, in large part because the criminal procedure rulings in favor of defendants that he criticized prior to taking the bench in 1969 were still technically in place when he stepped down in 1986.
Jun 26, 1995 · Former Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, a conservative jurist who for 17 years led a fractured and at times surprisingly liberal Supreme Court, died yesterday. He was 87. Burger died of...
