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: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.  

: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 subjected the violator to dismissal from his position.

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

Justice [[Abe Fortas]] wrote the opinion for the [[Warren Court]], and was joined by five other Justices.  His reason was that "Arkansas' law cannot be defended as an act of religious neutrality."

Justice [[Abe Fortas]] wrote the opinion for the [[Warren Court]], and was joined by five other Justices.  His reason was that "Arkansas' law cannot be defended as an act of religious neutrality."

Justices [[Hugo Black]], [[John Harlan II]] and [[Potter Stewart]] concurred in the verdict, each writing a separate concurrence.  Justice Stewart, for example, would have invalided the statute on vagueness grounds.

Justices [[Hugo Black]], [[John Harlan II]] and [[Potter Stewart]] concurred in the judgment, each writing a separate concurrence.  Justice Stewart, for example, would have invalided the statute on vagueness grounds.

* [http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0393_0097_ZS.html Full text of case]

* [http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0393_0097_ZS.html Full text of case]

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