Legal Opinion
Crowley v. Smithsonian Institution
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 11, 1978No. Civ. A. 78-0641PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
BARRINGTON D. PARKER, District Judge.
The plaintiffs, an individual and two religious groups, raise a First Amendment challenge to both existing and proposed exhibitions on the subject of evolution at the National Museum of Natural History (Museum) of the Smithsonian Institution. In essence, they allege that the Museum presents evolution as the only credible theory of the origin of life, thereby establishing “a religion of secular humanism” and violating the government’s role of religious neutrality in violation of the First Amendment. They seek injunctive and declaratory relief or,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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3Cited by3 opinions
- American Atheists, Inc. v. Port AuthorityDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2013
- Crowley v. Smithsonian InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Crowley v. Smithsonian InstitutionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980