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William O(rville) Douglas
(16 Oct 1898 - 19 Jan 1980)
American judge whose term of over 36 years as a U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice (1939-75) remains the longest.
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Science Quotes by William O(rville) Douglas (1)
The Constitution never sanctioned the patenting of gadgets. Patents serve a higher end—the advance of science.
— William O(rville) Douglas
Concurring in Great A. & P. Teas Co.. V. Supermarket Equip. Corp. 340 U.S. 147, 155 (1950). In Eugene C. Gerhart, Quote it Completely! (1998), 802.
