William O. Douglas

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Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States author human lawyer legal scholar

William O. Douglas was a long-serving U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his strong civil libertarian views and expansive interpretation of individual rights under the Constitution.

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Justice William O. Douglas 2
William Orville Douglas 2

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instanceOf Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
author ⓘ
human ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
legal scholar ⓘ
appointedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
areaOfLaw civil liberties ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
environmental law ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1898-10-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1980-01-19 ⓘ
education Columbia Law School ⓘ
Whitman College ⓘ
employer Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
Yale Law School ⓘ
endTime 1939 ⓘ
1975-11-12 ⓘ
familyName Douglas ⓘ
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surface form: William Orville Douglas
givenName William ⓘ
knownFor frequent dissenting opinions ⓘ
strong defense of First Amendment freedoms ⓘ
support for environmental protection and wilderness preservation ⓘ
memberOf Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
militaryService United States Army ⓘ
notableFor expansive interpretation of individual rights under the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
longest-serving Justice in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ
strong civil libertarian views ⓘ
notableWork Go East, Young Man ⓘ
Of Men and Mountains ⓘ
majority opinion in Griswold v. Connecticut ⓘ
opinions expanding the right to privacy ⓘ
placeOfBirth Maine ⓘ
surface form: Maine, Minnesota, United States
placeOfBurial Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
politicalAlignment liberal ⓘ
positionHeld Associate Justices of the Supreme Court ⓘ
surface form: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
residence Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States

Yakima ⓘ
surface form: Yakima, Washington, United States
spouse Cathy Douglas ⓘ
Joan Martin ⓘ
Mercedes Hester Davidson ⓘ
Mildred Riddle ⓘ
startTime 1937 ⓘ
1939-04-17 ⓘ

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Milliken v. Bradley → dissentingOpinionBy → William O. Douglas ⓘ
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Gideon v. Wainwright → joinedBy → William O. Douglas ⓘ
Shelley v. Kraemer → joinedBy → William O. Douglas ⓘ
Mapp v. Ohio → joinedByInMajority → William O. Douglas ⓘ
Furman v. Georgia → justiceInMajority → William O. Douglas ⓘ
Cooper v. Aaron → justiceJoiningOpinion → William O. Douglas ⓘ
Doe v. Bolton → majorityJusticesJoining → William O. Douglas ⓘ
Zschernig v. Miller → majorityOpinionBy → William O. Douglas ⓘ
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Columbia Law School → notableAlumni → William O. Douglas ⓘ
John Paul Stevens → precededBy → William O. Douglas ⓘ