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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 12, 1961 · October Term 1960
Jarecki, Former Collector of Internal Revenue, et al. v. G. D. Searle & Co.
MajorityJun 12, 1961 · October Term 1960
Civil Aeronautics Board v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.
MajorityJun 12, 1961 · October Term 1960
Horton v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
DissentJun 12, 1961 · October Term 1960
Gori v. United States
DissentJun 12, 1961 · October Term 1960
United States v. Shimer
MajorityJun 12, 1961 · October Term 1960
Communist Party, U. S. A., et al. v. Catherwood, Industrial Commissioner
DissentJun 12, 1961 · October Term 1960
Power Reactor Development Co. v. International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, AFL-CIO, et al.
MajorityJun 12, 1961 · October Term 1960
Lott et al. v. United States
ConcurrenceJun 12, 1961 · October Term 1960
Reck v. Pate, Warden
DissentJun 5, 1961 · October Term 1960
Communist Party of the United States v. Subversive Activities Control Board
MajorityJun 5, 1961 · October Term 1960
Irvin v. Dowd, Warden
DissentJun 5, 1961 · October Term 1960
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, AFL-CIO, v. National Labor Relations Board et al.
DissentJun 5, 1961 · October Term 1960
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co. v. United States et al.
DissentJun 5, 1961 · October Term 1960
Scales v. United States
ConcurrenceJun 5, 1961 · October Term 1960
Noto v. United States
DissentMay 29, 1961 · October Term 1960
McGowan et al. v. Maryland
DissentMay 29, 1961 · October Term 1960
Gallagher, Chief of Police of Springfield, Massachusetts, et al. v. Crown Kosher Super Market of Massachusetts, Inc., et al.
DissentMay 29, 1961 · October Term 1960
Two Guys From Harrison-Allentown, Inc., v. McGinley, District Attorney, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, et al.
DissentMay 29, 1961 · October Term 1960
Braunfeld et al. v. Brown, Commissioner of Police of Philadelphia, et al.
DissentMay 29, 1961 · October Term 1960
United States, Trustee, v. Oregon
MajorityMay 29, 1961 · October Term 1960
Pan American Petroleum Corp. v. Superior Court of Delaware for New Castle County et al.
DissentMay 29, 1961 · October Term 1960
Local 761, International Union of Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers, Aflcio v. National Labor Relations Board et al.
MajorityMay 29, 1961 · October Term 1960
Sam Fox Publishing Co., Inc., et al. v. United States et al.
DissentMay 29, 1961 · October Term 1960
United States v. Neustadt et Ux.
MajorityMay 29, 1961 · October Term 1960
Lurk v. United States
MajorityMay 22, 1961 · October Term 1960
H. K. Porter Co., Inc., et al. v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc., et al.
DissentMay 22, 1961 · October Term 1960
Eli Lilly & Co. v. Sav-On-Drugs, Inc., et al.
MajorityMay 22, 1961 · October Term 1960
Louisiana Ex Rel. Gremillion, Attorney General, et al. v. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People et al.
ConcurrenceMay 22, 1961 · October Term 1960
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Lester
DissentMay 22, 1961 · October Term 1960
Montana v. Kennedy, Attorney General
MajorityMay 22, 1961 · October Term 1960
United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. et al.
MajorityMay 22, 1961 · October Term 1960
United States v. Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.
MajorityMay 22, 1961 · October Term 1960
Bell et al. v. United States
MajorityMay 22, 1961 · October Term 1960
Baldonado v. California
MajorityMay 22, 1961 · October Term 1960
Bushnell v. Ellis, Corrections Director
ConcurrenceMay 15, 1961 · October Term 1960
James v. United States
MajorityMay 15, 1961 · October Term 1960
Slagle et al. v. Ohio
MajorityMay 8, 1961 · October Term 1960
Binks Manufacturing Co. v. Ransburg Electro-Coating Corp.
DissentMay 1, 1961 · October Term 1960
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes et al. v. United States et al.
MajorityMay 1, 1961 · October Term 1960
Kolovrat et al. v. Oregon
MajorityMay 1, 1961 · October Term 1960
Alaska v. Arctic Maid et al.
MajorityMay 1, 1961 · October Term 1960
Atchley v. California.
MajorityMay 1, 1961 · October Term 1960
Anderson v. Alabama.
MajorityApr 24, 1961 · October Term 1960
Stewart v. United States
MajorityApr 24, 1961 · October Term 1960
Goldberg, Secretary of Labor, v. Whitaker House Cooperative, Inc., et al.
DissentApr 24, 1961 · October Term 1960
Konigsberg v. State Bar of California et al.
DissentApr 24, 1961 · October Term 1960
In Re Anastaplo
DissentApr 24, 1961 · October Term 1960
Cohen v. Hurley
DissentApr 24, 1961 · October Term 1960
Smith v. Butler et Al., Trustees
MajorityApr 17, 1961 · October Term 1960
Verret et al. v. Oil Transport Co., Inc., et al.