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)

MajorityNov 16, 1967 · October Term 1967
Whitehill v. Elkins, President, University of Maryland, et al.
MajorityOct 23, 1967 · October Term 1967
Pinto, Prison Farm Superintendent v. Pierce
ConcurrenceOct 23, 1967 · October Term 1967
Beecher v. Alabama
MajorityOct 23, 1967 · October Term 1967
Roberts v. Lavallee, Warden
MajorityOct 23, 1967 · October Term 1967
Potomac News Co. v. United States
Did not participateOct 23, 1967 · October Term 1967
Conner v. City of Hammond
MajorityOct 23, 1967 · October Term 1967
Central Magazine Sales, Ltd. v. United States
DissentOct 19, 1967 · October Term 1967
Bohannan v. Arizona Ex Rel. Smith, Attorney General
MajorityOct 16, 1967 · October Term 1967
Bitter v. United States
MajorityOct 16, 1967 · October Term 1967
Roberts v. United States
MajorityOct 16, 1967 · October Term 1967
Wood v. United States
MajorityOct 16, 1967 · October Term 1967
Coleman v. Alabama
MajorityOct 16, 1967 · October Term 1967
Jones v. Georgia
ConcurrenceOct 16, 1967 · October Term 1967
Associated Press v. Walker
MajorityJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
Loving et Ux. v. Virginia
MajorityJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
Washington v. Texas
MajorityJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
National Labor Relations Board v. Great Dane Trailers, Inc.
ConcurrenceJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
Berger v. New York
DissentJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts
DissentJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
National Labor Relations Board v. Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. et al.
ConcurrenceJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
United States v. Wade
ConcurrenceJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
Gilbert v. California
DissentJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
Stovall v. Denno, Warden
DissentJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
Walker et al. v. City of Birmingham
MajorityJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
United States v. Sealy, Inc.
MajorityJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
United States v. Arnold, Schwinn & Co. et al.
DissentJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
Prima Paint Corp. v. Flood & Conklin Mfg. Co.
DissentJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
Jacobs et al. v. New York
DissentJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
Tannenbaum v. New York
MajorityJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
Keney v. New York
MajorityJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
Friedman v. New York
MajorityJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
Ratner et al. v. California
MajorityJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
Cobert v. New York
MajorityJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
Sheperd et al. v. New York
MajorityJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
Avansino et al. v. New York
MajorityJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
Aday et al. v. United States
MajorityJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
Corinth Publications, Inc. v. Wesberry et al.
MajorityJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
Books, Inc. v. United States
MajorityJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
Rosenbloom v. Virginia
MajorityJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
A Quantity of Copies of Books et al. v. Kansas
MajorityJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
Schackman et al. v. California
MajorityJun 12, 1967 · October Term 1966
Hadley v. Massachusetts
MajorityJun 5, 1967 · October Term 1966
Udall, Secretary of the Interior v. Federal Power Commission et al.
DissentJun 5, 1967 · October Term 1966
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Estate of Bosch
MajorityJun 5, 1967 · October Term 1966
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co. et al. v. United States et al.
MajorityJun 5, 1967 · October Term 1966
Camara v. Municipal Court of the City and County of San Francisco
MajorityJun 5, 1967 · October Term 1966
See v. City of Seattle
DissentJun 5, 1967 · October Term 1966
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co. v. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen et al.
ConcurrenceMay 29, 1967 · October Term 1966
Reitman et al. v. Mulkey et al.
MajorityMay 29, 1967 · October Term 1966
American Trucking Associations, Inc., et al. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. et al.