William O. Douglas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

William O. Douglas

Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Date of Birth: 16-Oct-1898

Place of Birth: Maine Township, Minnesota, United States

Date of Death: 19-Jan-1980

Profession: judge, lawyer, university teacher, trade unionist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About William O. Douglas

  • William Orville Douglas (October 16, 1898 – January 19, 1980) was an American jurist and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
  • Nominated by President Franklin D.
  • Roosevelt, Douglas was confirmed at the age of 40, one of the youngest justices appointed to the court.
  • His term, lasting 36 years and 211 days (1939–75), is the longest in the history of the Supreme Court.
  • In 1975 Time magazine called Douglas "the most doctrinaire and committed civil libertarian ever to sit on the court".After an itinerant childhood, Douglas attended Whitman College on a scholarship.
  • He graduated from Columbia Law School in 1925 and joined the Yale Law School faculty.
  • After serving as the third chairman of the U.S.
  • Securities and Exchange Commission, Douglas was successfully nominated to the Supreme Court, succeeding Justice Louis Brandeis.
  • He was among those seriously considered for the 1944 Democratic vice presidential nomination and was subject to an unsuccessful draft movement prior to the 1948 presidential election.
  • Douglas served on the Court until his retirement in 1975, and was succeeded by John Paul Stevens.
  • Douglas holds a number of records as a Supreme Court Justice, including the most opinions. Douglas wrote the Court's majority opinion in major cases such as United States v.
  • Paramount Pictures, Inc.
  • (1948), Terminiello v.
  • City of Chicago (1949), Brady v.
  • Maryland (1963), and Griswold v.
  • Connecticut (1965).
  • He wrote notable concurring or dissenting opinions in cases such as Dennis v.
  • United States (1951), Terry v.
  • Ohio (1968), and Brandenburg v.
  • Ohio (1969).
  • He was also known as a strong opponent of the Vietnam War and an ardent advocate of environmentalism.

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