| Daniel v. Waters | |
|---|---|
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| Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit |
| Full case name | Joseph C. Daniel, Jr., et al., v. Hugh Waters, Chairman, Textbook Commission of the State of Tennessee, et al. |
| Decided | April 10, 1975 |
| Citation | 515 F.2d 485 (6th Cir. 1975) |
| Case history | |
| Prior history | District Court entered order abstaining from a decision on the merits, February 26, 1974. |
| Subsequent history | On remand, 399 F. Supp. 510 (M.D. Tenn. 1975) |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | George Clifton Edwards, Jr., Anthony J. Celebrezze, Pierce Lively |
| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Edwards, joined by Lively |
| Dissent | Celebrezze |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. I | |
Daniel v. Waters, 515 F.2d 485 (6th Cir. 1975)[1] was a 1975 legal case in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit struck down Tennessee's law regarding the teaching of "equal time" of evolution and creationism in public school science classes because it violated the Establishment clause of the US Constitution.
The plaintiffs were school teachers supported by the National Association of Biology Teachers.
- ^ Daniel v. Waters, 515 F.2d 485 (6th Cir. 1975).