Legal Opinion
Crowley v. Smithsonian Institution
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 30, 1980No. 79-1193PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by District Judge OBERDORFER.
OBERDORFER, District Judge:
Appellants are an individual and two organizations, the National Foundation for Fairness in Education and National Bible Knowledge, Inc. They refer to their conception of the origin of life as “scientific creationism.” They assert that by marshalling and interpreting data in a scientific way, they can support the proposition that human and other forms of life were brought into existence in completed form, all at one time, by a Creator.1 They conscientiously disagree with the theory of evolution which…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Donnelly v. LynchDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1981
- Greater Houston Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union v. EckelsDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1984
- Fausto v. DiamondDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1984
- Kendrick v. BowenDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1987
- Don Aguillard v. Edwin W. EdwardsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
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