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'''''Epperson v. Arkansas''''', 393 U.S. 97 (1968), is a unanimous [[U.S. Supreme Court]] ruling that A [[Arkansas]] law was unconstitutional under the [[First Amendment]]:  

'''''Epperson v. Arkansas''''', 393 U.S. 97 (1968), is a unanimous [[U.S. Supreme Court]] ruling that an [[Arkansas]] law was unconstitutional under the [[First Amendment]]:  

:it unlawful for a teacher in any state-supported school or university "to teach the theory or doctrine that mankind ascended or descended from a lower order of animals," or "to adopt or use in any such institution a textbook that teaches" this theory.  

:it is unlawful for a teacher in any state-supported school or university "to teach the theory or doctrine that mankind ascended or descended from a lower order of animals," or "to adopt or use in any such institution a textbook that teaches" this theory.  

Violation of this law was a misdemeanor and subjects the violator to dismissal from his position.

Violation of this law was a misdemeanor and subjects the violator to dismissal from his position.