<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Roe v. Wade </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Supreme Court of the United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Argued December 13 , 1971 Reargued October 11 , 1972 Decided January 22 , 1973 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Full case name </Th> <Td> Jane Roe , et al. v. Henry Wade , District Attorney of Dallas County </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Citations </Th> <Td> 410 U.S. 113 ( more ) 93 S. Ct. 705 ; 35 L. Ed . 2d 147 ; 1973 U.S. LEXIS 159 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Argument </Th> <Td> Oral argument </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Reargument </Th> <Td> Reargument </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Prior history </Th> <Td> Judgment for plaintiffs , injunction denied , 314 F. Supp. 1217 ( N.D. Tex. 1970 ) ; probable jurisdiction noted , 402 U.S. 941 ( 1971 ) ; set for reargument , 408 U.S. 919 ( 1972 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Subsequent history </Th> <Td> Rehearing denied , 410 U.S. 959 ( 1973 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Holding </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Texas law making it a crime to assist a woman to get an abortion violated her due process rights . U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas affirmed in part , reversed in part . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Court membership </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Dl> <Dt> Chief Justice </Dt> <Dd> Warren E. Burger </Dd> <Dt> Associate Justices </Dt> <Dd> William O. Douglas William J. Brennan Jr . Potter Stewart Byron White Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell Jr . William Rehnquist </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Case opinions </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Majority </Th> <Td> Blackmun , joined by Burger , Douglas , Brennan , Stewart , Marshall , Powell </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Concurrence </Th> <Td> Burger </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Concurrence </Th> <Td> Douglas </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Concurrence </Th> <Td> Stewart </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dissent </Th> <Td> White , joined by Rehnquist </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dissent </Th> <Td> Rehnquist </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Laws applied </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> U.S. Const . Amend . XIV ; Tex . Code Crim . Proc. arts . 1191 -- 94 , 1196 </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Roe v. Wade </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Supreme Court of the United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Argued December 13 , 1971 Reargued October 11 , 1972 Decided January 22 , 1973 </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Full case name </Th> <Td> Jane Roe , et al. v. Henry Wade , District Attorney of Dallas County </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Citations </Th> <Td> 410 U.S. 113 ( more ) 93 S. Ct. 705 ; 35 L. Ed . 2d 147 ; 1973 U.S. LEXIS 159 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Argument </Th> <Td> Oral argument </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Reargument </Th> <Td> Reargument </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Prior history </Th> <Td> Judgment for plaintiffs , injunction denied , 314 F. Supp. 1217 ( N.D. Tex. 1970 ) ; probable jurisdiction noted , 402 U.S. 941 ( 1971 ) ; set for reargument , 408 U.S. 919 ( 1972 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Subsequent history </Th> <Td> Rehearing denied , 410 U.S. 959 ( 1973 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Holding </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Texas law making it a crime to assist a woman to get an abortion violated her due process rights . U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas affirmed in part , reversed in part . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Court membership </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> <Dl> <Dt> Chief Justice </Dt> <Dd> Warren E. Burger </Dd> <Dt> Associate Justices </Dt> <Dd> William O. Douglas William J. Brennan Jr . Potter Stewart Byron White Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell Jr . William Rehnquist </Dd> </Dl> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Case opinions </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Majority </Th> <Td> Blackmun , joined by Burger , Douglas , Brennan , Stewart , Marshall , Powell </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Concurrence </Th> <Td> Burger </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Concurrence </Th> <Td> Douglas </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Concurrence </Th> <Td> Stewart </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dissent </Th> <Td> White , joined by Rehnquist </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dissent </Th> <Td> Rehnquist </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Laws applied </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> U.S. Const . Amend . XIV ; Tex . Code Crim . Proc. arts . 1191 -- 94 , 1196 </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who was chief justice when the roe versus wade decision was handed down
who was chief justice when the roe versus wade decision was handed down
Warren E. Burger
Warren E. Burger