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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)

MajorityApr 27, 1965 · October Term 1964
Harman et al. v. Forssenius et al.
MajorityApr 27, 1965 · October Term 1964
Armstrong v. Manzo et Ux.
DissentApr 27, 1965 · October Term 1964
General Motors Corp. v. District of Columbia
MajorityApr 27, 1965 · October Term 1964
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Brown et al.
MajorityApr 26, 1965 · October Term 1964
American Oil Co. v. Neill et al.
MajorityApr 26, 1965 · October Term 1964
Hanna v. Plumer, Executor
MajorityApr 26, 1965 · October Term 1964
Dombrowski et al. v. Pfister, Chairman, Joint Legislative Committee on Unamerican Activities of the Louisiana Legislature, et al.
DissentApr 26, 1965 · October Term 1964
American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born v. Subversive Activities Control Board
DissentApr 26, 1965 · October Term 1964
Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade v. Subversive Activities Control Board
MajorityApr 26, 1965 · October Term 1964
Texas v. New Jersey et al.
MajorityApr 5, 1965 · October Term 1964
Federal Trade Commission v. Colgate-Palmolive Co. et al.
MajorityApr 5, 1965 · October Term 1964
Pointer v. Texas
MajorityApr 5, 1965 · October Term 1964
Douglas v. Alabama
ConcurrenceApr 5, 1965 · October Term 1964
Burnett v. New York Central Railroad Co.
DissentApr 5, 1965 · October Term 1964
National Labor Relations Board v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
MajorityApr 5, 1965 · October Term 1964
Jenkins v. United States
MajorityMar 29, 1965 · October Term 1964
Textile Workers Union of America v. Darlington Manufacturing Co. et al.
MajorityMar 29, 1965 · October Term 1964
National Labor Relations Board v. Brown et Al., Dba Brown Food Store, et al.
MajorityMar 29, 1965 · October Term 1964
American Ship Building Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
DissentMar 29, 1965 · October Term 1964
Sansone v. United States
ConcurrenceMar 29, 1965 · October Term 1964
Henry v. Collins
DissentMar 29, 1965 · October Term 1964
O'keeffe, Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Employees' Compensation, U.S. Department of Labor v. Smith, Hinchman & Grylls Associates, Inc., et al.
MajorityMar 15, 1965 · October Term 1964
Radio & Television Broadcast Technicians Local Union 1264, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO, et al. v. Broadcast Service of Mobile, Inc.
MajorityMar 15, 1965 · October Term 1964
Reserve Life Insurance Co. v. Bowers, Tax Commissioner of Ohio.
MajorityMar 8, 1965 · October Term 1964
Louisiana et al. v. United States
MajorityMar 8, 1965 · October Term 1964
United States v. Mississippi et al.
MajorityMar 8, 1965 · October Term 1964
United States v. Boston & Maine Railroad et al.
ConcurrenceMar 8, 1965 · October Term 1964
United States v. Seeger
DissentMar 8, 1965 · October Term 1964
Department of Mental Hygiene of California v. Kirchner, Administratrix
DissentMar 8, 1965 · October Term 1964
Swain v. Alabama
MajorityMar 8, 1965 · October Term 1964
Hughes Tool Co. et al. v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
MajorityMar 8, 1965 · October Term 1964
Hughes Tool Co. v. Trans World Airlines, Inc., et al.
MajorityMar 8, 1965 · October Term 1964
Davis, Assessor-Collector of Taxes, Bexar County, Texas, et al. v. Mabry et al.
Did not participateMar 1, 1965 · October Term 1964
Udall, Secretary of the Interior v. Tallman et al.
MajorityMar 1, 1965 · October Term 1964
Singer v. United States
MajorityMar 1, 1965 · October Term 1964
Crider v. Zurich Insurance Co.
ConcurrenceMar 1, 1965 · October Term 1964
Freedman v. Maryland
DissentMar 1, 1965 · October Term 1964
United States v. Gainey
MajorityMar 1, 1965 · October Term 1964
Carrington v. Rash et al.
DissentMar 1, 1965 · October Term 1964
United States v. Ventresca
MajorityFeb 1, 1965 · October Term 1964
Texas v. New Jersey et al.
MajorityFeb 1, 1965 · October Term 1964
Blow et al. v. North Carolina
MajorityFeb 1, 1965 · October Term 1964
Federal Power Commission v. Amerada Petroleum Corp. et al.
MajorityFeb 1, 1965 · October Term 1964
Hughes et al. v. Wmca, Inc., et al.
MajorityFeb 1, 1965 · October Term 1964
Forty-Fourth General Assembly of Colorado et al. v. Lucas et al.
MajorityJan 25, 1965 · October Term 1964
Republic Steel Corp. v. Maddox
MajorityJan 25, 1965 · October Term 1964
Davis v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.
MajorityJan 18, 1965 · October Term 1964
Cox v. Louisiana
MajorityJan 18, 1965 · October Term 1964
Securities and Exchange Commission v. American Trailer Rentals Co.
MajorityJan 18, 1965 · October Term 1964
Fortson, Secretary of State of Georgia, et al. v. Toombs et al.