Cases Decided by the
Burger Court
Miller v. California (1973)
In re Winship (1970)
Brady v. United States (1970)
Baldwin v. New York (1970)
Williams v. Florida (1970)
North Carolina v. Alford (1970)
Apodaca v. Oregon (1972)
Argersinger v. Hamlin (1972)
Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. (1974)
Spence v. Washington (1974)
Ballew v. Georgia (1978)
Scott v. Illinois (1979)
Central Hudson v. Public Service Commission (1980)
Strickland v. Washington (1984)
Members
Warren Burger
Hugo Black
1969 - 1986
1937 - 1971
1939 - 1975
1955 - 1971
William Brennan Jr.
Potter Stewart
1956 - 1990
1958 - 1981
Harry Blackmun
Lewis Powell
1970 - 1994
1972 - 1987
William Rehnquist
John Paul Stevens
1972 - 2005
1975 - 2010
Sandra Day O’Connor
1981 - 2006
John Marshall Harlan II
William Douglas
Thurgood Marshall
Byron White
1967 - 1991
1962 - 1993
Timeline of the Burger Court
