Of the five Justices in the majority in that 1985 ruling, Justice William J. Brennan Jr. as well as Justice Marshall has retired.

Among his fellow alumni were Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Justice William O. Douglas of the United States Supreme Court.

The first female clerk was Lucile Lomen, hired in 1944 by Justice William O. Douglas.

In 1880, a second seat became vacant upon the resignation of Justice William Strong.

But the norm of acquiescence did not last, and by the 1940's Justice William O. Douglas declared in an article, "It is the democratic way to express dissident views."

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Justice William O. Douglas (between Jackson and whom no love was lost) opined in memoirs published many years later:

Less than a month later, on 28 June 1775, Chief Justice William Hey wrote to the Lord Chancellor from Quebec:

- Justice William J. Brennan Jr., for the majority of the Supreme Court.

Justice William O. Douglas, who dissented in part, wrote: