LAWRENCE H. CRANDON, et al. v. UNITED STATES (1990)

LAWRENCE H. CRANDON, et al. v. UNITED STATES
	Term: 1989
Important Dates
	Argued: November 6, 1989
	Decided: February 27, 1990
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
	Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia

LAWRENCE H. CRANDON, et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 27, 1990. The case was argued before the court on November 6, 1989.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Corruption, governmental or governmental regulation of other than as in campaign spending
Petitioner: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 494 U.S. 152
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Paul Stevens

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.