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Legal Citation: 482 U.S. 578 (1987)

Appellant
Edwin W. Edwards, Governor of Louisiana

Appellee
Don Aguillard

Appellant's Claim
The Creationism Act was legal.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Wendell R. Bird, Special Assistant Attorney General of Georgia

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Jay Topkis

Justices for the Court
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr. (writing for the Court), Thurgood Marshall, Sandra Day O'Connor, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
William H. Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
19 June 1987

Decision
The Creationism Act violated the Establishment Clause and was therefore unconstitutional.

Significance
The case is significant because it reaffirmed that...