After law school graduation, Crabb was a research assistant to George Bunn of the University of Wisconsin Law School from 1968 to 1969, and for the American Bar Association Project on Minimum Standards of Criminal Justice from 1970 to 1971. She served as a U.S. magistrate judge in the Western District of Wisconsin from 1971 to 1979.
Federal judiciary[edit]
On July 21, 1979, Crabb was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a seat on the new United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin created by 92 Stat. 1629. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 31, 1979, and received her commission on November 2, 1979. She served as chief judge from 1980-1996.
On March 4, 2010, Crabb took senior status when her successor, William M. Conley, was confirmed as federal judge.
Notable rulings[edit]
On April 15, 2010, Crabb ruled in a suit that the Freedom From Religion Foundation filed in 2008 against the Bush administration that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional.[1][2][3] This ruling was unanimously dismissed by a federal appellate court in April 2011 due to lack of standing.[4][5]
On November 22, 2013 Crabb ruled in another suit the exemption of a housing allowance from the income of clergy was unconstitutional. [6]
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