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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 16, 1966 · October Term 1965
Amell et al. v. United States
MajorityMay 2, 1966 · October Term 1965
Westbrook v. Arizona
MajorityMay 2, 1966 · October Term 1965
Riggan v. Virginia
MajorityMay 2, 1966 · October Term 1965
Texas v. United States
MajorityApr 28, 1966 · October Term 1965
United States v. General Motors Corp. et al.
DissentApr 27, 1966 · October Term 1965
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People et al. v. Overstreet
MajorityApr 26, 1966 · October Term 1965
United States v. Catto et al.
MajorityApr 25, 1966 · October Term 1965
Wallis v. Pan American Petroleum Corp. et al.
MajorityApr 25, 1966 · October Term 1965
Burns, Governor of Hawaii v. Richardson et al.
MajorityApr 19, 1966 · October Term 1965
Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., et al. v. Hostetter, Chairman, New York State Liquor Authority, et al.
MajorityApr 19, 1966 · October Term 1965
Collier v. United States
MajorityApr 18, 1966 · October Term 1965
Brookhart v. Janis, Director of the Ohio Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
MajorityApr 18, 1966 · October Term 1965
Elfbrandt v. Russell et al.
MajorityApr 18, 1966 · October Term 1965
Louisiana v. Mississippi et al.
Did not participateApr 18, 1966 · October Term 1965
Holt et al. v. Alleghany Corp. et al.
MajorityApr 4, 1966 · October Term 1965
Degregory v. Attorney General of New Hampshire
MajorityMar 28, 1966 · October Term 1965
United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs
ConcurrenceMar 28, 1966 · October Term 1965
United States v. Guest et al.
MajorityMar 28, 1966 · October Term 1965
United States v. Price et al.
MajorityMar 28, 1966 · October Term 1965
Clayton Chemical & Packaging Co. v. United States
MajorityMar 24, 1966 · October Term 1965
Harper et al. v. Virginia Board of Elections et al.
MajorityMar 24, 1966 · October Term 1965
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Tellier et Ux.
DissentMar 24, 1966 · October Term 1965
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America (Uaw), AFL-CIO v. Hoosier Cardinal Corp.
MajorityMar 23, 1966 · October Term 1965
United States v. O'malley et al.
MajorityMar 23, 1966 · October Term 1965
Federal Trade Commission v. Borden Co.
ConcurrenceMar 22, 1966 · October Term 1965
Interstate Commerce Commission v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. et al.
MajorityMar 22, 1966 · October Term 1965
Consolo v. Federal Maritime Commission et al.
ConcurrenceMar 21, 1966 · October Term 1965
A Book Named 'John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure' et al. v. Attorney General of Massachusetts
DissentMar 21, 1966 · October Term 1965
Ginzburg et al. v. United States
DissentMar 21, 1966 · October Term 1965
Mishkin v. New York
DissentMar 21, 1966 · October Term 1965
Brenner, Commissioner of Patents v. Manson
MajorityMar 21, 1966 · October Term 1965
Kent v. United States
MajorityMar 21, 1966 · October Term 1965
Malat et Ux. v. Riddell, District Director of Internal Revenue
MajorityMar 21, 1966 · October Term 1965
Motorlease Corp. v. United States.
MajorityMar 7, 1966 · October Term 1965
Fribourg Navigation Co., Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
MajorityMar 7, 1966 · October Term 1965
South Carolina v. Katzenbach, Attorney General
MajorityMar 7, 1966 · October Term 1965
Surowitz v. Hilton Hotels Corp. et al.
MajorityMar 7, 1966 · October Term 1965
Pate, Warden v. Robinson
MajorityMar 7, 1966 · October Term 1965
Perry v. Commerce Loan Co.
MajorityFeb 28, 1966 · October Term 1965
Swann et al. v. Adams, Secretary of State of Florida, et al.
MajorityFeb 28, 1966 · October Term 1965
Carnation Co. v. Pacific Westbound Conference et al.
MajorityFeb 28, 1966 · October Term 1965
Accardi et al. v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
MajorityFeb 28, 1966 · October Term 1965
Stevens v. Marks, New York Supreme Court Justice
MajorityFeb 28, 1966 · October Term 1965
Levine v. United States
MajorityFeb 28, 1966 · October Term 1965
Hopson et al. v. Texaco, Inc.
MajorityFeb 28, 1966 · October Term 1965
Arizona v. California et al.
ConcurrenceFeb 24, 1966 · October Term 1965
United States v. Johnson
MajorityFeb 24, 1966 · October Term 1965
Idaho Sheet Metal Works, Inc. v. Wirtz, Secretary of Labor
DissentFeb 23, 1966 · October Term 1965
United States v. Ewell et al.
MajorityFeb 23, 1966 · October Term 1965
Brown et al. v. Louisiana