People v. Scopes

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Scopes_Monkey_Trial
gptkbp:appealsTo gptkb:Tennessee_Supreme_Court
gptkbp:category science education
United States legal history
First Amendment cases
gptkbp:charge teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act
gptkbp:culturalSignificance influenced public opinion on science and religion
gptkbp:date 1925
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:John_T._Scopes
gptkbp:defenseAttorney gptkb:Clarence_Darrow
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label People v. Scopes
gptkbp:judge gptkb:John_T._Raulston
gptkbp:lawInvolved gptkb:Butler_Act
gptkbp:location gptkb:Dayton,_Tennessee,_United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive national attention
gptkbp:outcomeOnAppeal conviction overturned on technicality
gptkbp:prosecutor gptkb:William_Jennings_Bryan
gptkbp:relatedWork Inherit the Wind (play and film)
gptkbp:sentence $100 fine
gptkbp:significance debate over teaching evolution in public schools
gptkbp:subject evolution vs. creationism
gptkbp:verdict guilty
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Trial_of_the_Century
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7