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CRANE v. CEDAR RAPIDS & IOWA CITY RAILWAY CO.

Term: 1968
Important Dates
Argued: April 24, 1969
Decided: May 26, 1969
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-3
Majority
William Brennan • John Harlan II • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Douglas • Earl Warren

CRANE v. CEDAR RAPIDS & IOWA CITY RAILWAY CO. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 26, 1969. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 1969.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Iowa State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
Petitioner: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Railroad
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 395 U.S. 164
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

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 conservative.

See also

External links

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Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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