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 9, 1969 · October Term 1968
Sniadach v. Family Finance Corp. of Bay View et al.
MajorityJun 9, 1969 · October Term 1968
Rodrigue et al. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. et al.
Did not participateJun 9, 1969 · October Term 1968
Red Lion Broadcasting Co., Inc., et al. v. Federal Communications Commission et al.
MajorityJun 9, 1969 · October Term 1968
Willingham, Warden, et al. v. Morgan
ConcurrenceJun 9, 1969 · October Term 1968
Jenkins v. McKeithen, Governor of Louisiana, et al.
DissentJun 2, 1969 · October Term 1968
Jenkins v. Delaware
MajorityJun 2, 1969 · October Term 1968
United States v. Montgomery County Board of Education et al.
MajorityJun 2, 1969 · October Term 1968
Boykin v. Alabama
MajorityJun 2, 1969 · October Term 1968
Harrington v. California
MajorityJun 2, 1969 · October Term 1968
O'callahan v. Parker, Warden
MajorityJun 2, 1969 · October Term 1968
Gaston County, North Carolina v. United States
ConcurrenceJun 2, 1969 · October Term 1968
Daniel et al. v. Paul
DissentJun 2, 1969 · October Term 1968
United States v. Estate of Grace et al.
MajorityJun 2, 1969 · October Term 1968
Rodriquez v. United States
DissentMay 26, 1969 · October Term 1968
Crane v. Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway Co.
MajorityMay 26, 1969 · October Term 1968
Sullivan, Tax Commissioner of Connecticut, et al. v. United States et al.
ConcurrenceMay 26, 1969 · October Term 1968
McKart v. United States
DissentMay 26, 1969 · October Term 1968
Perez v. California.
MajorityMay 26, 1969 · October Term 1968
Mattiello v. Connecticut.
MajorityMay 26, 1969 · October Term 1968
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen et al. v. O'connell et al.
MajorityMay 19, 1969 · October Term 1968
United States v. King
MajorityMay 19, 1969 · October Term 1968
Leary v. United States
MajorityMay 19, 1969 · October Term 1968
United States v. Covington
DissentMay 19, 1969 · October Term 1968
Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Stanisic
DissentMay 19, 1969 · October Term 1968
National Board of Young Men's Christian Assns. et al. v. United States
MajorityMay 19, 1969 · October Term 1968
Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc., et al.
DissentMay 19, 1969 · October Term 1968
Frank v. United States
MajorityMay 5, 1969 · October Term 1968
Moore et al. v. Ogilvie, Governor of Illinois, et al.
MajorityMay 5, 1969 · October Term 1968
Kramer v. Caribbean Mills, Inc.
DissentMay 5, 1969 · October Term 1968
Halliday v. United States
MajorityMay 5, 1969 · October Term 1968
United States v. Louisiana et al. (Texas Boundary Case)
MajorityMay 5, 1969 · October Term 1968
Robinson et al. v. Johnson et al.
MajorityMay 5, 1969 · October Term 1968
Montgomery, Director, California Department of Social Welfare, et al. v. Burns et al.
DissentApr 28, 1969 · October Term 1968
United States v. An Article of Drug . . . Bacto-Unidisk . . . .
MajorityApr 28, 1969 · October Term 1968
McDonald et al. v. Board of Election Commissioners of Chicago et al.
DissentApr 23, 1969 · October Term 1968
Bingler, District Director of Internal Revenue v. Johnson et al.
DissentApr 23, 1969 · October Term 1968
National Labor Relations Board v. Wyman-Gordon Co.
MajorityApr 22, 1969 · October Term 1968
Davis v. Mississippi
ConcurrenceApr 22, 1969 · October Term 1968
Frazier v. Cupp, Warden
MajorityApr 21, 1969 · October Term 1968
Street v. New York
MajorityApr 21, 1969 · October Term 1968
Shapiro, Commissioner of Welfare of Connecticut v. Thompson
DissentApr 21, 1969 · October Term 1968
United States v. Skelly Oil Co.
MajorityApr 21, 1969 · October Term 1968
Norfolk Monument Co., Inc. v. Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Inc., et al.
ConcurrenceApr 21, 1969 · October Term 1968
Watts v. United States
MajorityApr 7, 1969 · October Term 1968
Fortner Enterprises, Inc. v. United States Steel Corp. et al.
MajorityApr 7, 1969 · October Term 1968
Kirkpatrick, Secretary of State of Missouri, et al. v. Preisler et al.
MajorityApr 7, 1969 · October Term 1968
Wells v. Rockefeller, Governor of New York, et al.
MajorityApr 7, 1969 · October Term 1968
Stanley v. Georgia
MajorityApr 7, 1969 · October Term 1968
Rollerson v. United States
MajorityApr 2, 1969 · October Term 1968
Gregg v. United States