CRANE v. CAMPBELL, SHERIFF OF LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO (1917)

CRANE v. CAMPBELL, SHERIFF OF LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO
	Term: 1917
Important Dates
	Argued: November 15, 1917
	Decided: December 10, 1917
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • John Hessin Clarke • William Rufus Day • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Mahlon Pitney • Willis Van Devanter • Edward Douglass White

CRANE v. CAMPBELL, SHERIFF OF LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 10, 1917. The case was argued before the court on November 15, 1917.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Idaho State Supreme Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - State or local government regulation, especially of business (cf. federal pre-emption of state court jurisdiction, federal pre-emption of state legislation or regulation)
Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: Idaho
Citation: 245 U.S. 304
How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Edward Douglass White
Who wrote the majority opinion: James Clark McReynolds

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.