Justice William O. Douglas

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Justice_William_O._Douglas
GPTKB entity
Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:President_of_India
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 1898-10-16
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Maine,_Minnesota,_USA
gptkbp:chairman gptkb:U.S._Securities_and_Exchange_Commission
gptkbp:children gptkb:Joan_Douglas
gptkb:William_Douglas_Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate 1980-01-19
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Bethesda,_Maryland,_USA
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:William_Orville_Douglas
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Justice William O. Douglas
gptkbp:ideology liberal
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:U.S._Army
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:New_York_Times_Co._v._United_States
gptkb:Gideon_v._Wainwright
gptkb:Griswold_v._Connecticut
gptkb:Brandenburg_v._Ohio
gptkb:Sierra_Club_v._Morton
gptkb:Terminiello_v._City_of_Chicago
gptkb:Terry_v._Ohio
gptkb:United_States_v._Paramount_Pictures,_Inc.
gptkb:Zorach_v._Clauson
gptkb:Brady_v._Maryland
gptkbp:notableFor environmentalist
strong civil libertarian views
longest-serving Justice in Supreme Court history
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:A_Wilderness_Bill_of_Rights
gptkb:Go_East,_Young_Man
gptkb:Of_Men_and_Mountains
gptkb:The_Court_Years,_1939_to_1975
Points of Rebellion
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:lawyer
gptkb:professor
author
gptkbp:positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Justice_Louis_Brandeis
gptkbp:religion Presbyterian
gptkbp:serves gptkb:U.S._Securities_and_Exchange_Commission
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:Justice_John_Paul_Stevens
gptkbp:termEnd 1975-11-12
gptkbp:termStart 1939-04-17
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sierra_Club_v._Morton
gptkb:Weinberger_v._Wiesenfeld
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5