Segraves v. State of California

Segraves v. State of California

Segraves v. California was a 1981 court case in which the Kelly Segraves, parent of three schoolchildren sued the state which they accused of violating the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the US Constitution by teaching evolutionary biology. The judge however found that California's anti-dogmatism policy gave sufficient accommodation to the views of Segraves.

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* [http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1618/Segraves_vs._California.html Transcript of oral decision in Segraves v. State of California]


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