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Crane v. Johnson, 242 U.S. 339 (1917)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Crane v. Johnson, 242 U.S. 339 (1917)
Crane v. Johnson No. 493 Argued December 12, 1916 Decided January 8, 1917 242 U.S. 339
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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The distinction made in the law of California (Laws 1913, c. 354, as amended by Laws 1915, c. 105) passed for the regulation of the practice of medicine and other modes of healing, between treatment employing prayer and religious faith only and a species of treatment which, while reliant upon the creation of mental states and processes in the patient, involves for its proper application special skill and experience and ability to diagnose diseases, is not necessarily an arbitrary distinction denying equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment.
When a party assails a state law upon the ground that it violates his rights under the Fourteenth Amendment, the law will be considered only in its application to his situation as revealed in the record, and all uncertainties of fact will be resolved against the complainant and in favor of the law.
233 F. 334 affirmed.
The case is stated in the opinion.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Crane v. Johnson, 242 U.S. 339 (1917) in 242 U.S. 339 Original Sources, accessed August 30, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7URNXNNJLZERCG6.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Crane v. Johnson, 242 U.S. 339 (1917), in 242 U.S. 339, Original Sources. 30 Aug. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7URNXNNJLZERCG6.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Crane v. Johnson, 242 U.S. 339 (1917). cited in 1917, 242 U.S. 339. Original Sources, retrieved 30 August 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7URNXNNJLZERCG6.
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