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DOE v. PORTER

No. 1:01-CV-115.

188 F.Supp.2d 904 (2002)

John DOE, Individually; Mary Roe, Individually, and Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Sue PORTER, Individually, and as Superintendent of the Rhea County School System; and Rhea County Board of Education, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Tennessee, at Chattanooga.

February 8, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R Stephen Doughty, Weed, Hubbard, Berry & Doughty, Joseph H Johnston, Nashville, TN, for plaintiffs.

Charles W Cagle, Lewis, King, Krieg, Waldrop & Catron, P.C., Michael E Evans, Davies & Humphreys, Nashville, TN, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

EDGAR, Chief Judge.

Rhea County, Tennessee, is no stranger to religious controversy in its public schools. In 1925, the Rhea County Courthouse was the site of the well known "Scopes" or "Monkey" trial, wherein high school teacher John Scopes was tried for violating a Tennessee statute making it a misdemeanor to teach "evolution theory" in the State's public schools. The trial pitted William Jennings Bryan, the "Great Commoner," representing...

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