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  "id": 8724508,
  "name": "State v. Susan Epperson and N. H. Blanchard",
  "name_abbreviation": "State v. Epperson",
  "decision_date": "1967-06-05",
  "docket_number": "5-4127",
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      "cite": "416 S.W.2d 322"
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    "name_abbreviation": "Ark.",
    "id": 8808,
    "name": "Arkansas Supreme Court"
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    "name_long": "Arkansas",
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    "judges": [
      "Ward, J., concurs. BrowN, J., dissents."
    ],
    "parties": [
      "State v. Susan Epperson and N. H. Blanchard"
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "PER CURIAM.\nUpon the principal issue, that of constitutionality, the court holds that Initiated Measure No. 1 of 1928, Ark. Stat. Ann. \u00a7 80-1627 and \u00a7 80-1628 (Repl. 1960), is a valid exercise of the state\u2019s power to specify the curriculum in its public schools. The court expresses no opinion on the question whether the Act prohibits any explanation of the theory of evolution or merely prohibits teaching that the theory is true; the answer not being necessary to a decision in the case, and the issue not having been raised.\nThe decree is reversed and the cause dismissed.\nWard, J., concurs. BrowN, J., dissents.",
        "type": "majority",
        "author": "PER CURIAM."
      },
      {
        "text": "Paul Ward, Justice,\nconcurring. I agree with the first sentence in the majority opinion.\nTo my mind, the rest of the opinion beclouds the clear announcement made in the first sentence.",
        "type": "concurrence",
        "author": "Paul Ward, Justice,"
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    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Bruce Bennett, Attorney General; Fletcher Jackson, Asst. Atty. General, for appellant.",
      "Warren & Bullion, for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "State v. Susan Epperson and N. H. Blanchard\n5-4127\n416 S. W. 2nd 322\nOpinion delivered June 5, 1967\n[Rehearing denied July 26, 1967.]\nBruce Bennett, Attorney General; Fletcher Jackson, Asst. Atty. General, for appellant.\nWarren & Bullion, for appellee."
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