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Mar 27, 2003 · William O. Douglas was a judicial record-setter. He sat on the US Supreme Court for more than thirty-five years (1939-75), longer than any other Justice, and during those years he wrote some ...
William Orville Douglas (October 16, 1898 – January 19, 1980) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1939 to 1975. Douglas was known for his strong progressive and civil libertarian views and is often cited as the U.S. Supreme Court 's most liberal justice ever. [2]
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jan 23, 2019 · Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas' continued service on the bench after he had a stroke created problems for his colleagues. AP. Thirty years earlier, the justices were not so...
- Nina Totenberg
Jan 3, 1975 · WASHINGTON, Jan. 2—The stroke that Justice William O. Douglas suffered on New Year's Eve has partially paralyzed his left arm but left the rest of his body functioning and his brain...
Aug 19, 2017 · After only a few hours in paradise to celebrate the new year, a stroke fell a Supreme Court justice. Justice of the American Supreme Court, William O. Douglas, had earned the honour of becoming one of the longest serving justice in the Court’s history.
Jan 20, 1980 · William O. Douglas, a fierce defender of civil rights, civil liberties and the right of dissent during his 36 years as a U.S. Supreme Court justice, died early yesterday at Walter Reed Army...
Jan 2, 1975 · WASHINGTON, Jan. 1—Justice William O. Douglas, who has served longer on the Supreme Court than anyone else in its history, suffered a stroke last night in the Bahamas and was in...
