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William O. Douglas and the Growing Power of the SEC
From Academia to Government
William O. Douglas’s involvement with the SEC began with his criticism of the Securities Act of 1933 while serving as a professor at Yale Law School. Prior to joining the Yale Law School faculty, Douglas was a law professor at Columbia Law School. With his move to Yale, Douglas joined an emerging group of realist legal scholars who challenged the full disclosure philosophy of the law. Legal realists, led by scholars such as Louis Brandeis and Oliver Wendell Holmes, asserted that the law demanded an objectivity that conformed to social reality. Focused on economic concerns and the creation and growth of corporations through the systematic management of finance, they asserted that the common law could not resolve the massive problems created by the Great Depression.
Douglas began his academic career surrounded by a strong group of Yale Law School professors, including Jerome Frank and Thurman Arnold, and Columbia Law School professor Adolph Berle, Jr. They argued that judges should admit that t
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Justice William O. Douglas
Selected Opinions by Justice Douglas:
Village of Belle Terre v. Boraas (1974)Topic:Property Rights & Land Use
The police power is not confined to elimination of filth, stench, and unhealthy places. It is ample to lay out zones where family values, youth values, and the blessings of quiet seclusion and clean air make the area a sanctuary for people.
Gottschalk v. Benson (1972)
Topic:Patents
The discovery of a novel and useful mathematical formula may not be patented.
Argersinger v. Hamlin (1972)
Topic:Criminal Trials & Prosecutions
The right of an indigent defendant in a criminal trial to the assistance of counsel is not governed by the classification of the offense or by whether a jury trial is required.
Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections (1966)
Topic:Voting & Elections
A state violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment whenever it makes the affluence of the voter or payment of any fee an electoral standard. Voter qualifications have no rel
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William O. Douglas
US Supreme Court justice from 1939 to 1975
For other people named William Douglas, see William Douglas (disambiguation).
William O. Douglas | |
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Douglas in the 1930s | |
| In office April 17, 1939 – November 12, 1975[1] | |
| Nominated by | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Louis Brandeis |
| Succeeded by | John Paul Stevens |
| In office August 17, 1937 – April 15, 1939 | |
| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | James M. Landis |
| Succeeded by | Jerome Frank |
| In office January 24, 1936 – April 15, 1939 | |
| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. |
| Succeeded by | Leon Henderson |
| Born | William Orville Douglas (1898-10-16)October 16, 1898 Maine Township, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | January 19, 1980(1980-01-19) (aged 81) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
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