State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes

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State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes was a landmark 1925 American legal case in which a high school teacher was tried for teaching evolution, symbolizing the national conflict between modern science and religious fundamentalism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States state court case ⓘ
court case ⓘ
criminal trial ⓘ
landmark legal case ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Scopes Monkey Trial ⓘ
Scopes Trial ⓘ
appealCourt Tennessee Supreme Court ⓘ
appealDate 1927 ⓘ
appealOutcome conviction overturned on technicality ⓘ
broadcast one of the first U.S. trials broadcast on radio ⓘ
charge teaching evolution in a public school ⓘ
city Dayton ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Rhea County ⓘ
court Criminal Court of Tennessee ⓘ
culturalImpact inspired the play Inherit the Wind ⓘ
defendant John Thomas Scopes ⓘ
linked to: John T. Scopes
defendantOccupation high school teacher ⓘ
science teacher ⓘ
defenseAttorney Arthur Garfield Hays ⓘ
Dudley Field Malone ⓘ
endDate 1925-07-21 ⓘ
historicalSignificance influenced later debates over teaching evolution in U.S. public schools ⓘ
symbolized national conflict between modern science and religious fundamentalism ⓘ
holding Butler Act constitutional but conviction reversed due to improper fine setting ⓘ
issue conflict between modern science and religious fundamentalism ⓘ
legality of teaching human evolution in public schools ⓘ
judge John T. Raulston ⓘ
jurisdiction Tennessee ⓘ
leadDefenseAttorney Clarence Darrow ⓘ
legalBasis Butler Act ⓘ
location Dayton, Tennessee ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive national press coverage ⓘ
participant American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
plaintiff State of Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Tennessee
prosecutor William Jennings Bryan ⓘ
relatedCase Edwards v. Aguillard ⓘ
Epperson v. Arkansas ⓘ
relatedLegislation laws restricting the teaching of evolution in the United States ⓘ
sentence fine of 100 US dollars ⓘ
sponsorOfDefense American Civil Liberties Union ⓘ
startDate 1925-07-10 ⓘ
subjectMatter academic freedom ⓘ
church–state relations ⓘ
creationism ⓘ
evolution ⓘ
verdict guilty ⓘ
year 1925 ⓘ

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