Legal Opinion
Wright v. Houston Independent School District
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided October 30, 1972No. Civ. A. 70-H-1236PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER:
SEALS, District Judge.
Plaintiffs — students of the Houston Independent School District — here seek to enjoin the District and the State Board of Education from teaching the theory of evolution as part of the District’s academic curriculum and from adopting textbooks which present that theory without critical analysis and to the exclusion of other theories regarding the origins of man. Plaintiffs base their claim for relief upon the provisions of-42 U.S.C. § 1983. Jurisdiction is invoked pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1343. The case is presently before the Court on ■ Defendants’…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Abington School Dist. v. SchemppSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Epperson v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Zorach v. ClausonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Torcaso v. WatkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by14 opinions
- McLean v. Arkansas Board of EducationDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1982
- Crowley v. Smithsonian InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Don Aguillard v. Edwin W. EdwardsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Wright v. Houston Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Peloza v. Capistrano Unified School DistrictDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1992
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