McLean V. Arkansas - Parties

Parties

The plaintiffs in the suit, who opposed the "balanced treatment" statute, were led by the Reverend William McLean, a United Methodist minister.

The other plaintiffs were:

  • Bishop Kenneth Hicks, of the Arkansas Conferences of the United Methodist Church
  • The Right Reverend Herbert A. Donovan of the Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas
  • The Most Reverend Andrew Joseph McDonald, Catholic Bishop of Little Rock
  • Bishop Frederick C. James of the African Methodist Episcopal Church or Arkansas
  • The Reverend Nathan Porter, individually and as father and next friend of Joel Randolph Porter
  • The Reverend George W. Gunn, minister of the Pulaski Heights Presbyterian Church in Little Rock
  • Dr. Richard B. Hardie, Jr., minister of the Westover Hills Presbyterian Church in Little Rock
  • The Reverend Earl B. Carter, minister of the United Methodist Church and program director of the North Arkansas Conference of the United Methodist Church
  • The Reverend George Panner, minister of the United Methodist Church and program director of the Little Rock Conference of the United Methodist church.
  • Dr. John P. Miles, minister of St. James United Methodist Church in Little Rock and vice-chair of Americans United for Separation of Church and State in Arkansas.
  • Rev. Jerry Canada, minister of the United Methodist Church and editor of The Arkansas Methodist
  • The American Jewish Congress an American Jewish Committee, two national Jewish organizations
  • The Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the national federation of Reform Jews
  • Frances C. Roelfs, a biology teacher at Springdale High School in Springdale, Arkansas
  • Charles Bowlus, individually and as father and next friend of Cordelia Ann and Christopher Felix
  • Lon Schultz, individually and as father and next friend of Andrea Schultz
  • The Arkansas Education Association, a teachers' union
  • The National Association of Biology Teachers
  • E. E. Hudson, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Arkansas Technical University
  • Mike Wilson, of Jacksonville, Arkansas, an attorney and member of the Arkansas House of Representatives who voted against the act
  • National Coalition For Public Education and Religious Liberty (National PEARL)

The defendants were the Arkansas Board of Education and its members, in their official capacity, the director of the Department of Education, in his official capacity, and the State Textbooks and Instructional materials Selecting Committee. The Pulaski County Special School District and its directors and superintendent were named in the original complaint but were voluntarily dismissed by plaintiffs at the pre-trial conference on October 1, 1981.

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