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Lyle Brown (August 10, 1908 – May 1, 1984) was an American lawyer, judge, and historian who served as an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court from 1967 to 1975.[1] He was noted for his dissent in the Court's 1967 opinion upholding the state's ban on teaching evolution in public schools, later unanimously struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Epperson v. Arkansas (1968).[1][2]
Born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, to Otis Delmar Brown and Molly Brown, as a student, Brown won debate competitions that resulted in a scholarship to Henderson–Brown College (now Henderson State University) in Arkadelphia, Arkansas.[1]
Elsijane Trimble Roy, the first woman to served on Arkansas Supreme Court, was appointed by Arkansas governor David Pryor to succeed Brown.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Lyle Brown (1908–1984)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
- ↑ "Epperson v. Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
- ↑ "Roy, first woman to serve on Arkansas Supreme Court and a Carter appointee to federal bench, dies at 90". Law.com.
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