Case Name: State v. Susan Epperson and N. H. Blanchard
Court: Arkansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Decision Date: 1967-06-05
Citations: 242 Ark. 922
Docket Number: 5-4127
Parties: State v. Susan Epperson and N. H. Blanchard
Judges: Ward, J., concurs. BrowN, J., dissents.
Reporter: Arkansas Reports
Volume: 242
Pages: 922–922

Head Matter:
State v. Susan Epperson and N. H. Blanchard
5-4127
416 S. W. 2nd 322
Opinion delivered June 5, 1967
[Rehearing denied July 26, 1967.]
Bruce Bennett, Attorney General; Fletcher Jackson, Asst. Atty. General, for appellant.
Warren & Bullion, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Upon the principal issue, that of constitutionality, the court holds that Initiated Measure No. 1 of 1928, Ark. Stat. Ann. § 80-1627 and § 80-1628 (Repl. 1960), is a valid exercise of the state's power to specify the curriculum in its public schools. The court expresses no opinion on the question whether the Act prohibits any explanation of the theory of evolution or merely prohibits teaching that the theory is true; the answer not being necessary to a decision in the case, and the issue not having been raised.
The decree is reversed and the cause dismissed.
Ward, J., concurs. BrowN, J., dissents.