William O. Douglas

Seat:: Associate Justice
Appointed by:: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senate confirmation:: Apr 4, 1939
Recorded service:: Nov 18, 1946 – Nov 12, 1975
Lived:: Oct 16, 1898 – Jan 19, 1980

In plain language

William O. Douglas, associate justice.
Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt; confirmed April 4, 1939.
Court service November 18, 1946 to November 12, 1975.

Decisions on record (3942)

MajorityNov 18, 1968 · October Term 1968
Grunenthal v. Long Island Rail Road Co.
DissentNov 18, 1968 · October Term 1968
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen et al. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co. et al.
MajorityNov 17, 1968 · October Term 1968
Epperson et al. v. Arkansas
MajorityNov 12, 1968 · October Term 1968
Smith v. Yeager, Warden
MajorityNov 12, 1968 · October Term 1968
Whyy, Inc. v. Borough of Glassboro et al.
MajorityNov 12, 1968 · October Term 1968
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. et al. v. Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad Co. et al.
MajorityOct 28, 1968 · October Term 1968
Mengelkoch et al. v. Industrial Welfare Commission et al.
DissentOct 28, 1968 · October Term 1968
Fuller v. Alaska
MajorityOct 24, 1968 · October Term 1968
Federal Power Commission v. United Gas Pipe Line Co.
MajorityOct 21, 1968 · October Term 1968
Continental Oil Co. v. United States
MajorityOct 21, 1968 · October Term 1968
International Terminal Operating Co., Inc. v. Nv Nederl. Amerik Stoomv Maats
ConcurrenceOct 15, 1968 · October Term 1968
Williams et al. v. Rhodes, Governor of Ohio, et al.
MajorityOct 14, 1968 · October Term 1968
McConnell v. Rhay, Penitentiary Superintendent
MajorityOct 14, 1968 · October Term 1968
Arsenault v. Massachusetts
ConcurrenceJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
King, Commissioner, Department of Pensions and Security, et al. v. Smith et al.
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
McDaniel v. North Carolina
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Wheat v. Washington
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Wade v. Yeager, Warden
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Spence et al. v. North Carolina
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Hopper et al. v. Louisiana
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Sullivan et al. v. Little Hunting Park, Inc., et al.
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Lopinson v. Pennsylvania
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Henry v. Louisiana
DissentJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Miller v. California
DissentJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Wainwright v. City of New Orleans
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Houghton v. Shafer, Governor of Pennsylvania, et al.
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Pope v. United States
ConcurrenceJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Lee Art Theatre, Inc. v. Virginia
DissentJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Destefano v. Woods, Sheriff
DissentJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
American Commercial Lines, Inc., et al. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. et al.
DissentJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Powell v. Texas
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Hanover Shoe, Inc. v. United Shoe Machinery Corp.
ConcurrenceJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Jones et Ux. v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. et al.
Did not participateJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Fortnightly Corp. v. United Artists Television, Inc.
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Lee et al. v. Florida
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
Mancusi, Warden v. Deforte
MajorityJun 17, 1968 · October Term 1967
First Agricultural National Bank of Berkshire County v. State Tax Commission
DissentJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Terry v. Ohio
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Serio v. United States
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Hunt v. Connecticut
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Nelson v. United States
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Santoro v. United States
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Pickens v. Oliver, Warden
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Jones v. United States
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Roberts v. Russell
DissentJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
George Campbell Painting Corp. v. Reid et Al., Members of New York City Housing Authority, et al.
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Uniformed Sanitation Men Assn., Inc., et al. v. Commissioner of Sanitation of the City of New York et al.
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Gardner v. Broderick, Police Commissioner of the City of New York, et al.
DissentJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Board of Education of Central School District No. 1 et al. v. Allen, Commissioner of Education of New York, et al.
MajorityJun 10, 1968 · October Term 1967
Harrison v. United States