Edition |
1st ed. |
Description |
xvii, 716 p. ; 25 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [675]-694) and index. |
Summary |
William O. Douglas emerged from isolated Yakima, Washington, to be dubbed, by the age of thirty, "the most outstanding law professor in the nation"; at age thirty-eight, he was the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, cleaning up a corrupt Wall Street during the Great Depression; by the age of forty, he was the second youngest Supreme Court justice in American history, going on to serve longer--and to write more opinions and dissents--than any other justice. |
Subject |
Douglas, William O. (William Orville), 1898-1980
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Judges -- United States -- Biography.
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ISBN |
0394576284 (alk. paper) |
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