· 1/5/1982
McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education
Citations
- 529 F. Supp. 1255
- 2 Educ. L. Rep. 685
- 1982 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10361
How courts have described this case
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- holding that Establishment Clause prohibits a private group from using the programs of state government to \foist its religious beliefs on others.\
- reviewing historical and contemporary antagonisms between the theory of evolution and religious movements
- reviewing historical and contemporary antagonisms between the theory of evolution and religious movements
- discussing a subtle but pervasive influence that resulted from anti-evolutionary sentiment concerning teaching biology in public schools
- setting forth the history of the movement by Christian fundamentalists and creationists in opposition to evolution
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Judges: Overton
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