Supreme Court
William Orville Douglas
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
Appointment
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Title
- Associate Justice
- Appointed by
- Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic president
- Seat
- SCT0511
- Nominated
- March 20, 1939
- Committee hearing
- March 24, 1939
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)March 27, 1939
- Senate vote
- 62–4Roll Call
- Confirmed
- April 4, 1939
- Commissioned
- April 15, 1939
- Senior status
- Nov. 12, 1975
- Service ended
- Jan. 19, 1980Death
Source Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Judges. Party shown is the party of the appointing president, which is a fact about the president, not about the judge.
Recent judicial activity
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Cases
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Judicial writings
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