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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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