Bishop v. Aronov
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Bishop v. Aronov, 926 F.2d 1066
(11th Cir. 1991), was a 1991 legal case in which Phillip A. Bishop, an exercise physiology
professor at the University of Alabama
, sued the college on free speech and academic freedom
grounds, when it instructed him not to teach "intelligent design theory" in an extracurricular class and not to lecture on "evidences of God in Human Physiology" in class. The District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
found in favor of Bishop but the university appealed and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
found that the classroom, during instructional time, was not an open forum, and that the university had a right to set the curriculum.
A similar case was Edwards v. California University of Pennsylvania.
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(11th Cir. 1991), was a 1991 legal case in which Phillip A. Bishop, an exercise physiology
Exercise physiology
Exercise physiology is the study of the acute responses and chronic adaptations to a wide-range of physical exercise conditions. In addition, many exercise physiologists study the effect of exercise on pathology, and the mechanisms by which exercise can reduce or reverse disease progression...
professor at the University of Alabama
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....
, sued the college on free speech and academic freedom
Academic freedom
Academic freedom is the belief that the freedom of inquiry by students and faculty members is essential to the mission of the academy, and that scholars should have freedom to teach or communicate ideas or facts without being targeted for repression, job loss, or imprisonment.Academic freedom is a...
grounds, when it instructed him not to teach "intelligent design theory" in an extracurricular class and not to lecture on "evidences of God in Human Physiology" in class. The District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties: Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert, Cullman, De Kalb, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar,...
found in favor of Bishop but the university appealed and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* Middle District of Alabama...
found that the classroom, during instructional time, was not an open forum, and that the university had a right to set the curriculum.
A similar case was Edwards v. California University of Pennsylvania.