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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)

MajorityDec 7, 1959 · October Term 1959
West v. United States et al.
MajorityDec 7, 1959 · October Term 1959
De Simone v. United States
MajorityNov 23, 1959 · October Term 1959
Henry v. United States
MajorityNov 23, 1959 · October Term 1959
Sentilles v. Inter-Caribbean Shipping Corp.
MajorityNov 23, 1959 · October Term 1959
J. Aron & Company, Inc., v. Mississippi Shipping Company, Inc.
MajorityNov 16, 1959 · October Term 1959
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Acker
MajorityNov 9, 1959 · October Term 1959
United States v. Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co.
DissentNov 7, 1959 · October Term 1959
United Steelworkers of America v. United States et al.
ConcurrenceOct 19, 1959 · October Term 1959
Harris v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
MajorityOct 19, 1959 · October Term 1959
Conner v. Butler et al.
MajorityJun 29, 1959 · October Term 1958
Greene v. McElroy et al.
MajorityJun 29, 1959 · October Term 1958
Farmers Educational & Cooperative Union of America, North Dakota Division, v. Wday, Inc.
DissentJun 29, 1959 · October Term 1958
Pennsylvania Railroad Co. v. Day, Administrator
DissentJun 29, 1959 · October Term 1958
Barr v. Matteo et al.
DissentJun 29, 1959 · October Term 1958
Howard v. Lyons et al.
DissentJun 29, 1959 · October Term 1958
Union Pacific Railroad Co. v. Price
MajorityJun 29, 1959 · October Term 1958
In Re Sawyer
DissentJun 29, 1959 · October Term 1958
Ingram et al. v. United States
ConcurrenceJun 29, 1959 · October Term 1958
Kingsley International Pictures Corp. v. Regents of the University of the State of New York
MajorityJun 29, 1959 · October Term 1958
Taylor v. McElroy et al.
MajorityJun 29, 1959 · October Term 1958
Illinois v. Michigan et al.
ConcurrenceJun 22, 1959 · October Term 1958
Spano v. New York
MajorityJun 22, 1959 · October Term 1958
United States v. 93.970 Acres of Land et al.
MajorityJun 22, 1959 · October Term 1958
Safeway Stores, Inc., v. Oklahoma Retail Grocers Association, Inc., et al.
ConcurrenceJun 22, 1959 · October Term 1958
Palermo v. United States
DissentJun 22, 1959 · October Term 1958
Rosenberg v. United States
MajorityJun 22, 1959 · October Term 1958
Atlantic Refining Co. et al. v. Public Service Commission of New York et al.
DissentJun 22, 1959 · October Term 1958
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. United States
DissentJun 22, 1959 · October Term 1958
Southwestern Sugar & Molasses Co., Inc., v. River Terminals Corp.
MajorityJun 22, 1959 · October Term 1958
Raley et al. v. Ohio
DissentJun 22, 1959 · October Term 1958
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Hansen et Ux.
DissentJun 22, 1959 · October Term 1958
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Inc., v. Bennett, Attorney General of Arkansas, et al.
MajorityJun 15, 1959 · October Term 1958
Burns v. Ohio
MajorityJun 15, 1959 · October Term 1958
Napue v. Illinois
MajorityJun 15, 1959 · October Term 1958
Magenau, Administrator, v. Aetna Freight Lines, Inc.
DissentJun 15, 1959 · October Term 1958
Anonymous Nos. 6 and 7 v. Baker, Justice of the Supreme Court of New York
MajorityJun 15, 1959 · October Term 1958
National Labor Relations Board v. Fant Milling Co.
MajorityJun 15, 1959 · October Term 1958
Marshall v. United States
DissentJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
Louisiana Power & Light Co. v. City of Thibodaux
MajorityJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
Lassiter v. Northampton County Board of Elections
MajorityJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
Federal Trade Commission v. Simplicity Pattern Co., Inc.
DissentJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
Uphaus v. Wyman, Attorney General of New Hampshire
DissentJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
Barenblatt v. United States
DissentJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
Harrison, Attorney General of Virginia, et al. v. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People et al.
MajorityJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
County of Allegheny v. Frank Mashuda Co. et al.
MajorityJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
National Labor Relations Board v. Cabot Carbon Co. et al.
DissentJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
Martin, Successor To Lawler, Secretary of Highways of Pennsylvania, et al. v. Creasy et al.
DissentJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
Mills et al. v. Louisiana
MajorityJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
Ohio Ex Rel. Eaton v. Price, Chief of Police
MajorityJun 8, 1959 · October Term 1958
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. Patterson