Marcia A. Crone

Marcia Ann Cain Crone (born 1952) is an American lawyer and judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. She joined the court in 2003 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.

Crone was born in 1952 in Dallas, Texas. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in 1973 and from University of Houston Law Centerwith a J.D. in 1978.

Crone started her legal career in private practice in Houston, Texas from 1978 to 1992. She later became a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in 1992 and stayed in this position until being nomination to the federal bench in 2003.

President George W. Bush nominated Crone on May 1, 2003, to a new seat created by 116 Stat. 1758. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 30, 2003, and received her commission on October 3, 2003.

On October 4, 2016, Judge Crone entered a nationwide injunction blocking President Barack Obama’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces rule, known to its opponents as the blacklisting rule. Judge Crone found the Due Process Clause and Free Speech Clause of the United States Constitution forbid the President from requiring federal contractors to disclose mere allegations that the contractor had violated labor laws.