Justice Douglas

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Columbia_Law_School
gptkb:Whitman_College
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
gptkbp:birthDate October 16, 1898
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Maine,_Minnesota,_United_States
gptkbp:children gptkb:Mildred_Douglas
gptkb:William_Douglas_Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate January 19, 1980
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Bethesda,_Maryland,_United_States
gptkbp:dissentingOpinions gptkb:Terry_v._Ohio
gptkb:Brady_v._Maryland
gptkb:Dennis_v._United_States
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:William_Orville_Douglas
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Justice Douglas
gptkbp:knownFor environmentalist
civil liberties advocacy
expansive interpretation of the Bill of Rights
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:notableFor longest-serving Justice in Supreme Court history
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkbp:notableWork majority opinion in United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.
majority opinion in Griswold v. Connecticut
majority opinion in Sierra Club v. Morton
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:lawyer
author
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Louis_Brandeis
gptkbp:religion Presbyterian
gptkbp:signature William O Douglas signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Joan_Martin
gptkb:Kathleen_Heffernan
gptkb:Mercedes_Hester_Davidson
gptkb:Mildred_Riddle
gptkbp:successor gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
gptkbp:termEnd November 12, 1975
gptkbp:termStart April 17, 1939
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:A_Wilderness_Bill_of_Rights
gptkb:Go_East,_Young_Man
gptkb:Of_Men_and_Mountains
gptkb:Strange_Lands_and_Friendly_People
gptkb:The_Court_Years,_1939_to_1975
Points of Rebellion
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Eisenstadt_v._Baird
gptkb:McGhee_v._Sipes
gptkb:420_U.S._251
gptkb:McCollum_v._Board_of_Education
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6