Epperson v. Arkansas
Significance, Further Readings
Appellant
Susan Epperson
Appellee
State of Arkansas
Appellant's Claim
Arkansas law stating one can not teach evolution is unconstitutional.
Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Eugene R. Warren
Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Don Langston, Assistant Attorney General of Arkansas
Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, William J. Brennan, Jr., William O. Douglas, Abe Fortas (writing for the Court), John Marshall Harlan II, Thurgood Marshall, Potter Stewart, Earl Warren
Justices Dissenting
None
Place
Washington, D.C.
Date of Decision
12 November 1968
Decision
The law against the teaching of evolution is unconstitutional.
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- Watson v. Jones, 13 Wall. 679 (1872).
- Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1 (1947).
- Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962).
- Abington School District v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 (1963).
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