Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District

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Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District was a landmark 2005 U.S. federal court case that ruled teaching intelligent design in public school science classes unconstitutional as a violation of the separation of church and state.

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Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District canonical 10

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instanceOf United States federal court case ⓘ
landmark court case ⓘ
appliedTest Lemon test ⓘ
endorsement test ⓘ
citation 400 F. Supp. 2d 707 (M.D. Pa. 2005) ⓘ
concerns evolution education ⓘ
intelligent design ⓘ
public school science education ⓘ
separation of church and state ⓘ
constitutionalProvision Establishment Clause ⓘ
First Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
court United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania ⓘ
dateFiled 2004 ⓘ
decisionDate 2005-12-20 ⓘ
defendant Dover Area School District ⓘ
Dover Area School District Board of Directors ⓘ
field church–state separation jurisprudence ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
education law ⓘ
held intelligent design is a form of creationism ⓘ
intelligent design is not science ⓘ
teaching intelligent design in public school science classes is unconstitutional ⓘ
the Dover intelligent design policy violates the Establishment Clause ⓘ
involves American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
Americans United for Separation of Church and State ⓘ
National Center for Science Education ⓘ
judge John E. Jones III ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
legalIssue Establishment Clause of the First Amendment ⓘ
teaching of intelligent design in public school science classes ⓘ
location Dover, Pennsylvania ⓘ
York County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
outcome Dover Area School District policy on intelligent design struck down ⓘ
injunction against requiring intelligent design statement in biology classes ⓘ
partyType parents versus school district ⓘ
plaintiff Tammy Kitzmiller ⓘ
eleven parents of students in the Dover Area School District ⓘ
presidingJudge John E. Jones III ⓘ
relatedTo Edwards v. Aguillard ⓘ
Scopes Monkey Trial ⓘ
subjectOf books on evolution and creationism controversy ⓘ
extensive media coverage ⓘ
numerous academic articles ⓘ
topic religion in public schools ⓘ
science education standards ⓘ
typeOfCase civil lawsuit ⓘ
year 2005 ⓘ

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creation–evolution controversy → hasHistoricalEvent → Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District ⓘ
Edwards v. Aguillard → relatedCase → Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District ⓘ
Epperson v. Arkansas → relatedCase → Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District ⓘ
John E. Jones III → notableWork → Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District ⓘ
John E. Jones III → legalCasePresided → Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District ⓘ
Tammy Kitzmiller → knownFor → Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District ⓘ
Tammy Kitzmiller → participantIn → Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District ⓘ
Dover Area School District → subjectOf → Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District ⓘ
Dover Area School District → partyTo → Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District ⓘ
Dover Area School District Board of Directors → partyTo → Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District ⓘ