| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case 
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                                | gptkbp:arguedDate | 1986-12-10 
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                                | gptkbp:category | Education law case Establishment Clause case
 Science and law
 
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                                | gptkbp:citation | gptkb:482_U.S._578 
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                                | gptkbp:date | 1987-06-19 
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                                | gptkbp:decidedBy | gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States 
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                                | gptkbp:decision | 7-2 
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                                | gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy | gptkb:Byron_White gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
 gptkb:William_H._Rehnquist
 
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                                | gptkbp:effect | prohibited mandatory teaching of creationism in public schools 
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                                | gptkbp:fullName | gptkb:Edwards,_Governor_of_Louisiana,_et_al._v._Aguillard_et_al. 
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                                | gptkbp:heldBy | Louisiana's Creationism Act is unconstitutional 
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                                | gptkbp:involvedState | gptkb:Louisiana 
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                                | gptkbp:legalChallenge | gptkb:Louisiana_Creationism_Act 
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                                | gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy | gptkb:Sandra_Day_O'Connor gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
 gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
 gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
 gptkb:William_J._Brennan,_Jr.
 gptkb:Harry_Blackmun
 gptkb:Lewis_F._Powell,_Jr.
 
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                                | gptkbp:numberOfIssues | constitutionality of teaching creationism in public schools 
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                                | gptkbp:predecessor | gptkb:Kitzmiller_v._Dover_Area_School_District 
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                                | gptkbp:principle | gptkb:Establishment_Clause_of_the_First_Amendment 
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                                | gptkbp:relatedTo | separation of church and state creation science
 teaching of evolution in public schools
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:ACLU gptkb:Justice_William_J._Brennan_Jr.
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Edwards v. Aguillard 
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