Cobb County evolution disclaimer case settled

[Ed Brayton]

Got a phone call from one of the attorneys in the case telling me that 
Selman v. Cobb County Schools, an evolution disclaimer case, has been 
settled in favor of the plaintiffs. AU press release should be out soon. 
It says, in part:

"In an agreement announced today, Cobb County school officials state 
that they will not order the placement of "any stickers, labels, stamps, 
inscriptions, or other warnings or disclaimers bearing language 
substantially similar to that used on the sticker that is the subject of 
this action." School officials also agreed not to take other actions 
that would undermine the teaching of evolution in biology classes."

When this case was remanded back to the district court, the judge 
decided to hold the trial all over again and also to reopen discovery 
and allow expert witnesses. I suspect that had a great deal to do with 
the school being willing to settle the case given the outcome in the 
Dover trial last year. This comes one day before the one year 
anniversary of the ruling in Kitzmiller v. DASD.

Ed Brayton