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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)

MajorityMay 26, 1958 · October Term 1957
Eubanks v. Louisiana
ConcurrenceMay 19, 1958 · October Term 1957
Sherman v. United States
DissentMay 19, 1958 · October Term 1957
Masciale v. United States
DissentMay 19, 1958 · October Term 1957
Thomas v. Arizona
DissentMay 19, 1958 · October Term 1957
United States v. Cores
MajorityMay 19, 1958 · October Term 1957
County of Marin et al. v. United States et al.
MajorityMay 19, 1958 · October Term 1957
Public Service Commission of Utah et al. v. United States et al.
DissentMay 19, 1958 · October Term 1957
Hoag v. New Jersey
MajorityMay 19, 1958 · October Term 1957
Federal Maritime Board v. Isbrandtsen Company, Inc., et al.
MajorityMay 19, 1958 · October Term 1957
Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.
MajorityMay 19, 1958 · October Term 1957
Payne v. Arkansas
DissentMay 19, 1958 · October Term 1957
Ciucci v. Illinois
MajorityMay 19, 1958 · October Term 1957
Sacher v. United States
MajorityMay 5, 1958 · October Term 1957
National Labor Relations Board v. Wooster Division of Borg-Warner Corp.
ConcurrenceMay 5, 1958 · October Term 1957
Yates v. United States
MajorityApr 28, 1958 · October Term 1957
Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co. et Al., Executors, v. Smith, Collector of Internal Revenue
MajorityApr 28, 1958 · October Term 1957
Denver Union Stock Yard Co. v. Producers Livestock Marketing Association
MajorityApr 28, 1958 · October Term 1957
Panama Canal Co. v. Grace Line, Inc., et al.
MajorityApr 28, 1958 · October Term 1957
Alaska Industrial Board et al. v. Chugach Electric Association, Inc., et al.
MajorityApr 28, 1958 · October Term 1957
Sinkler v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co.
MajorityApr 28, 1958 · October Term 1957
Jung et al. v. K. & D. Mining Co., Inc., et al.
MajorityApr 14, 1958 · October Term 1957
Commissioner of Internal Revenue et al. v. P. G. Lake, Inc., et al.
MajorityApr 14, 1958 · October Term 1957
Dessalernos v. Savoretti, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service
MajorityApr 14, 1958 · October Term 1957
Butler et al. v. Whiteman
MajorityApr 7, 1958 · October Term 1957
United States v. F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Co.
MajorityApr 7, 1958 · October Term 1957
Grimes v. Raymond Concrete Pile Co. et al.
MajorityApr 7, 1958 · October Term 1957
Matles v. United States
DissentMar 31, 1958 · October Term 1957
Brown v. United States
DissentMar 31, 1958 · October Term 1957
Perez v. Brownell, Attorney General
ConcurrenceMar 31, 1958 · October Term 1957
Trop v. Dulles, Secretary of State, et al.
ConcurrenceMar 31, 1958 · October Term 1957
Nishikawa v. Dulles, Secretary of State
DissentMar 31, 1958 · October Term 1957
Green et al. v. United States
MajorityMar 17, 1958 · October Term 1957
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Sullivan et al.
MajorityMar 17, 1958 · October Term 1957
Tank Truck Rentals, Inc., v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
MajorityMar 17, 1958 · October Term 1957
Hoover Motor Express Co., Inc., v. United States
MajorityMar 17, 1958 · October Term 1957
Ferguson v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.
Did not participateMar 17, 1958 · October Term 1957
Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., et al. v. Loew's Inc. et al.
MajorityMar 10, 1958 · October Term 1957
Northern Pacific Railway Co. et al. v. United States
MajorityMar 10, 1958 · October Term 1957
American Motors Corp. et al. v. City of Kenosha
MajorityMar 10, 1958 · October Term 1957
Marshall v. Brucker, Secretary of the Army
MajorityMar 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
City of Detroit et al. v. Murray Corporation of America et al.
MajorityMar 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
Public Utilities Commission of California v. United States
DissentMar 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
Andrew G. Nelson, Inc., v. United States et al.
MajorityMar 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co., Inc.
DissentMar 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
United States v. Hvass
MajorityMar 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
Harmon v. Brucker, Secretary of the Army
DissentMar 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
United States v. R. F. Ball Construction Co., Inc., et al.
ConcurrenceMar 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
United States v. Massei
DissentMar 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
Wilson et al. v. Loew's Incorporated et al.
MajorityMar 3, 1958 · October Term 1957
Black et al. v. Amen et al.