Justice Burger held "the media have no special right of access to the Alameda County Jail different from or greater than that accorded the public generally."
In an aside in that decision, Justice Burger seemed to approve of precisely what the Seattle and Louisville schools are doing today.
Justice Burger showed a bent for manipulating the Court's decision process behind the scenes.
Justice Burger stated that he would remand the case to the NLRB for a fuller explanation of its decision.
The Senate bill would restore Justice Burger's reading of the law.
Justice Burger sent birthday greetings in November 1974 with the notation: "I'd hate to think about being here if we weren't both here."
Justice Burger wrote, though, that Mr. Chiarella could be held liable for misappropriating the information from his employer.
Justice Rehnquist, joined by Justice Burger, maintained that the law was constitutional, on the basis of the validity of quarantine laws.
Justice Burger, who retired from the Supreme Court in 1986, and many of his former clerks are expected to attend the dedication at the law school.
Justice Burger provided a dissenting opinion in which he expressed that the petitioner's second trial was not double jeopardy because it was a different complainant.