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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > American politics and society > Fourth Amendment > key people in the Fourth Amendment > William O. Douglas
... > social science subjects > law > legal specialisms > education law > key people in education law > William O. Douglas
... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > social history of crime > key people in the social history of crime > William O. Douglas

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William O. Douglas  

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  • William Orville Douglas (1898–1980) was born in Maine, Minnesota, and died in Washington, D.C., after the longest U.S. Supreme Court service of any justice. Douglas was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 to succeed Louis D. Brandeis. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; Douglas, William O.]

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