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Crowley, Louisiana
1,551 opinions mention this place
Crowley is a city in and the parish seat of Acadia Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 14,225 at the 2000 census. The city is noted for its annual International Rice Festival. Crowley has the nickname of "Rice Capital of America", because at one time it was a major center for rice harvesting and milling. Today, Crowley still has a number of rice mills and rice is the main crop of many local farmers. In addition, in recent years, crawfish farming has become increasingly popular. Crowley is the home of Mastertrak Studios. The studio that is now Mastertrak was founded by J. D. "Jay" Miller in 1955 and has hosted such notable recording artists as Paul Simon and John Fogerty. The studio is known for producing Swamp blues music, as well as segregationist music of the 1960s. The Crowley High School "Fighting Gents" were State Division 3A Champs in the 1989 football season and had a 8-2 regular season. Crowley is also the home of Notre Dame High School. Notre Dame is a parish-wide Catholic school whose football program has won three state championships and numerous District Champion titles. Crowley is the principal city of the Crowley Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Acadia Parish. It is also part of the larger Lafayette–Acadiana Combined Statistical Area.
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Landmark decisions involving Crowley
- West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish (1937)300 U.S. 379
- McNally v. Hill (1934)293 U.S. 131overruled
- Yick Wo v. Hopkins (1886)118 U.S. 356
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Opinions mentioning Crowley
- 99 F3D 1128Hall v. Hall
- 93 F3D 1307Eddmonds v. Peters
- 9 F3D 393Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. v. Gilbert
- 88 F3D 152Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. v. Peaslee
- 85 F3D 752Cambridge Plating Co. v. Napco, Inc.
- 85 F3D 675Gilda Marx, Inc. v. Wildwood Exercise, Inc.
- 84 F3D 560Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Robertson-Ceco Corp.
- 84 F3D 1162Reynolds ex rel. Estate of Reynolds v. County of San Diego
- 83 F3D 942Butler v. French
- 79 F3D 170O'Connell v. Shalala
- 77 F3D 1414Clifford v. Peña
- 76 F3D 47Crowley v. Courville
- 75 F3D 285Korzen v. Local Union 705, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- 74 F3D 76Production Supply Co. v. Fry Steel Inc.
- 74 F3D 344Ayala v. Union De Tronquistas De Puerto Rico, Local 901
- 74 F3D 1347Markham v. Fay
- 73 F3D 429Boston Children's Heart Foundation, Inc. v. Nadal-Ginard
- 68 F3D 464Crowley v. Brown
- 67 F3D 1563GTE Directories Publishing Corp. v. Trimen America, Inc.
- 66 F3D 369Fredette v. Allied Van Lines, Inc.
- 65 F3D 98Evans v. Kansas City
- 65 F3D 764King v. AC & R Advertising
- 64 F3D 962Greensboro Professional Fire Fighters Ass'n, Local 3157 v. City of Greensboro
- 60 F3D 844Rafferty v. Nynex Corp.
- 59 F3D 212Rapaport v. United States Department of the Treasury
- 58 F3D 738CityFed Financial Corp. v. Office of Thrift Supervision
- 57 F3D 50Windsor Mount Joy Mutual Insurance v. Giragosian
- 56 F3D 1514O'Hara v. District No. 1-PCD
- 55 F3D 638Schroeder v. Crowley Maritime Corp.
- 54 F3D 931Scarfo v. Cabletron Systems, Inc.
- 51 F3D 264Sack v. Bentsen
- 5 F3D 97River Transportation Associates v. Wall
- 5 F3D 1499Credit Alliance Corp. v. Crowley
- 490 F3D 27Bowen Investment, Inc. v. Carneiro Donuts, Inc.
- 49 F3D 286Mid-American Waste Systems, Inc. v. City of Gary
- 49 F3D 1302Banghart v. Origoverken, A.B.
- 489 F3D 484United States v. Howard
- 481 F3D 280O'Donnell v. Abbott
- 481 F3D 1054United States v. Kenyon
- 480 F3D 579Brooks v. AIG SunAmerica Life Assurance Co.
- 480 F3D 220Hammersmith v. TIG Insurance
- 474 F3D 54Reliance Insurance v. Polyvision Corp.
- 471 F3D 754In re African-American Slave Descendants Litigation
- 47 F3D 188United States v. Schmidt
- 47 F3D 1186Shell Oil Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- 469 F3D 129Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs v. Von Eschenbach
- 468 F3D 684Barkell v. Crouse
- 46 F3D 120Rosario-Cordero v. Crowley Towing & Transportation Co.
- 455 F3D 118Kolari v. New York-Presbyterian Hospital
- 451 F3D 598Lee v. Crouse