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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)

MajorityJun 24, 1957 · October Term 1956
Carroll et al. v. United States
MajorityJun 24, 1957 · October Term 1956
Vanderbilt v. Vanderbilt et al.
DissentJun 24, 1957 · October Term 1956
Kingsley Books, Inc., et al. v. Brown, Corporation Counsel
MajorityJun 24, 1957 · October Term 1956
Mallory v. United States
MajorityJun 24, 1957 · October Term 1956
Morey, Auditor of Public Accounts of Illinois, et al. v. Doud et Al., Doing Business As Bondified Systems, et al.
DissentJun 24, 1957 · October Term 1956
Roth v. United States
MajorityJun 24, 1957 · October Term 1956
United States v. Louisiana
MajorityJun 24, 1957 · October Term 1956
Farley v. United States
MajorityJun 24, 1957 · October Term 1956
McBride v. Toledo Terminal Railroad Co.
MajorityJun 17, 1957 · October Term 1956
Watkins v. United States
MajorityJun 17, 1957 · October Term 1956
Sweezy v. New Hampshire, By Wyman, Attorney General
DissentJun 17, 1957 · October Term 1956
United States v. Korpan
MajorityJun 17, 1957 · October Term 1956
Theard v. United States
DissentJun 17, 1957 · October Term 1956
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 695, A. F. L., et al. v. Vogt, Inc.
ConcurrenceJun 17, 1957 · October Term 1956
Yates et al. v. United States
MajorityJun 17, 1957 · October Term 1956
United States v. Calamaro
MajorityJun 17, 1957 · October Term 1956
Service v. Dulles et al.
MajorityJun 17, 1957 · October Term 1956
West Point Wholesale Grocery Co. v. City of Opelika, Alabama
DissentJun 17, 1957 · October Term 1956
Blackburn v. Alabama
MajorityJun 10, 1957 · October Term 1956
Reid, Superintendent, District of Columbia Jail, v. Covert
MajorityJun 10, 1957 · October Term 1956
Smith, Special Administrator, v. Sperling et al.
MajorityJun 10, 1957 · October Term 1956
Swanson et al. v. Traer et al.
MajorityJun 10, 1957 · October Term 1956
Curcio v. United States
MajorityJun 10, 1957 · October Term 1956
British Transport Commission v. United States et al.
MajorityJun 10, 1957 · October Term 1956
Lake Tankers Corp. v. Henn, Administratrix
DissentJun 10, 1957 · October Term 1956
Chessman v. Teets, Warden
MajorityJun 3, 1957 · October Term 1956
Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. et al.
MajorityJun 3, 1957 · October Term 1956
Textile Workers Union of America v. Lincoln Mills of Alabama
MajorityJun 3, 1957 · October Term 1956
Goodall-Sanford, Inc., v. United Textile Workers of America, A. F. L. Local 1802, et al.
MajorityJun 3, 1957 · October Term 1956
California v. Taylor et al.
DissentJun 3, 1957 · October Term 1956
Jackson v. Taylor, Acting Warden
DissentJun 3, 1957 · October Term 1956
Fowler v. Wilkinson, Warden
MajorityJun 3, 1957 · October Term 1956
United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. et al.
MajorityJun 3, 1957 · October Term 1956
Jencks v. United States
DissentJun 3, 1957 · October Term 1956
Lehmann, Officer in Charge, Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. United States Ex Rel. Carson Or Carasaniti
DissentJun 3, 1957 · October Term 1956
Mulcahey, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. Catalanotte
MajorityJun 2, 1957 · October Term 1956
General Electric Co. v. Local 205, United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (U. E.)
DissentMay 27, 1957 · October Term 1956
Achilli v. United States
DissentMay 27, 1957 · October Term 1956
Libson Shops, Inc., v. Koehler, District Director of Internal Revenue
ConcurrenceMay 27, 1957 · October Term 1956
Grunewald v. United States
DissentMay 27, 1957 · October Term 1956
Rabang v. Boyd, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service
MajorityMay 13, 1957 · October Term 1956
Baltimore & Ohio Railway Co. v. Jackson
MajorityMay 13, 1957 · October Term 1956
Kremen et al. v. United States
MajorityMay 13, 1957 · October Term 1956
Arnold v. Panhandle & Santa Fe Railway Co.
MajorityMay 13, 1957 · October Term 1956
Government and Civic Employees Organizing Committee, Cio, et al. v. Windsor et al.
MajorityMay 13, 1957 · October Term 1956
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Louisiana Public Service Commission et al.
MajorityMay 6, 1957 · October Term 1956
Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of New Mexico
MajorityMay 6, 1957 · October Term 1956
Konigsberg v. State Bar of California et al.
MajorityMay 6, 1957 · October Term 1956
Office Employes International Union, Local No. 11, AFL-CIO, v. National Labor Relations Board
MajorityMay 6, 1957 · October Term 1956
Civil Aeronautics Board v. Hermann et al.