Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District Intelligent Design case

This set of resources is this site's archive for the Kitzmiller, et al. v. Dover Area School District federal court case sometimes called "Scopes II" or the "Dover Panda Trial" by the media. At stake was a pro-intelligent design school board policy and the book Of Pandas and People that first introduced the term "intelligent design" as meaning a specific field of inquiry rather than incidental use as a descriptive term.

On December 20, 2005, the court ruled for the plaintiffs, against the school board, and against intelligent design. The victory was not just legal: the pro-intelligent design school board was replaced by the voters on November 8, 2005.

Trial documents

Decision of the Court
- Decision in PDF format (off site)
Plaintiffs' Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law
July 14 pre-trial hearing
Trial transcripts
- Day 1, Morning, Part 1 (September 26, 2005)
  - Plaintiffs' opening statement
  - Defendants' opening statement
  - Kenneth R. Miller direct examination
- Day 1, Morning, Part 2 (September 26, 2005)
  - Kenneth R. Miller direct examination (cont'd)
- Day 1, Afternoon (September 26, 2005)
  - Kenneth R. Miller cross-examination
- Day 2, Morning (September 27, 2005)
  - Kenneth R. Miller redirect examination
  - Tammy Kitzmiller direct examination
  - Tammy Kitzmiller cross-examination
  - Barrie Callahan direct examination
- Day 2, Afternoon
  - Aralene Callahan cross-examination
  - Bryan Rehm direct examination
  - Chambers hearing concerning reporters
  - Bryan Rehm continued
  - Bryan Rehm cross-examination
  - Bryan Rehm redirect examination
- Day 3, Morning (September 28, 2005)
  - Robert Pennock direct examination
  - Robert Pennock cross-examination
  - Robert Pennock redirect examination
  - Robert Pennock recross-examination
- Day 3, Afternoon
  - Chambers hearing concerning reporters
  - Julie Smith direct examination
  - Julie Smith cross-examination
  - Christy Rehm direct examination
  - Christy Rehm cross-examination
  - Beth Eveland direct examination
  - Beth Eveland cross-examination
- Day 4, Morning (September 29, 2005)
  - Carol Brown direct examination
- Day 4, Afternoon
  - Carol Brown cross-examination
  - Carol Brown redirect examination
  - Carol Brown recross-examination
  - Jeffrey Brown direct examination
  - Jeffrey Brown cross-examination
  - Jeffrey Brown redirect examination
  - Frederick Callahan direct examination
  - Frederick Callahan cross-examination
- There was no morning session for Day 5
- Day 5, Afternoon (September 30, 2005)
  - John Haught direct examination
  - John Haught cross-examination
  - John Haught redirect examination
- Day 6, Morning (October 5, 2005)
  - Barbara Forrest direct examination on qualifications as a witness
  - Barbara Forrest cross-examination on qualifications
  - Barbara Forrest redirect examination on qualifications
  - Barbara Forrest direct examination
    - Pandas is a creationist textbook
- Day 6, Afternoon
  - Barbara Forrest cross-examination
- Day 7, Morning (October 6, 2005)
  - Barbara Forrest redirect examination
  - Barbara Forrest recross-examination
  - Jennifer Miller direct examination
- Day 7, Afternoon
  - Jennifer Miller cross-examination
  - Jennifer Miller redirect examination
  - Jennifer Miller recross-examination
  - Bertha Spahr direct examination
- Day 8, Morning (October 8, 2005)
  - Bertha Spahr
  - Brian Alters
- Day 8, Afternoon
  - Brian Alters cross-examination
  - Brian Alters redirect examination
  - Brian Alters recross-examination
  - Cynthia Sneath direct examination
  - Cynthia Sneath cross-examination
  - Steven Stough direct examination
- Day 9, Morning (October 14, 2005)
  - Steven Stough cross-examination
  - Kevin Padian direct examination
- Day 9, Afternoon
  - Kevin Padian direct examination
  - Kevin Padian cross-examination
  - Kevin Padian redirect examination
  - Joel Leib direct examination
  - Joel Leib cross-examination
  - Joel Leib redirect examination
  - Joel Leib re-cross examination
- Day 10, Morning (October 17, 2005)
  - Start of defense's case
  - Michael Behe direct examination on qualifications
  - Michael Behe direct examination
- Day 10, Afternoon
- Day 11, Morning (October 18, 2005)
- Day 11, Afternoon
  - Michael Behe cross-examination
- Day 12, Morning (October 19, 2005)
  - Chambers discussion of future edition of Pandas
- Day 12, Afternoon
  - Michael Behe redirect examination
  - Michael Behe recross-examination
- There was no morning session on Day 13.
- Day 13, Afternoon (October 20, 2005)
  - Richard Nilsen direct examination
- Day 14, Morning (October 21, 2005)
  - Richard Nilsen cross-examination
- Day 14, Afternoon
  - Richard Nilsen redirect examination
  - Richard Nilsen recross-examination
  - Michael Richard Baksa direct examination
- Day 15, Morning (October 24, 2005)
  - Stephen Fuller direct examination on qualifiations
  - Stephen Fuller direct examination
- Day 15, Afternoon
  - Stephen Fuller cross-examination
  - Stephen Fuller redirect examination
  - Stephen Fuller recross-examination
- Day 16, Morning (October 27, 2005)
  - William Buckingham direct examination (hostile plaintiff witness called out-of-turn)
- Day 16, Afternoon
  - William Buckingham cross-examination
  - Heidi Bernhard-Bubb direct examination (reporter called by plaintiffs out-of-turn)
- Day 17, Morning (October 28, 2005)
  - Heidi Bernhard-Bubb cross-examination
  - Heidi Bernhard-Bubb redirect examination
  - Joseph S. Maldonado direct examination (reporter and final out-of-turn witness)
  - Joseph S. Maldonado cross-examination
- Day 17, Afternoon
  - Heather Geesey direct examination
  - Heather Geesey cross-examination
  - Heather Geesey redirect examination
  - Heather Geesey recross-examination
  - Heather Geesey examination by the court
  - Heather Geesey 2nd redirect examination
  - Heather Geesey 2nd recross-examination
  - "I don't know what you could possibly hope to achieve"
  - Heather Geesey 3rd redirect examination
  - Heather Geesey 3rd recross-examination
  - Michael Baksa direct examination (continued from day 14)
- Day 18, Morning (October 31, 2005)
  - Jane Cleaver direct examination
  - Jane Cleaver cross-examination
  - Jane Cleaver redirect examination
  - Alan Bonsell direct examination
- Day 18, Afternoon
  - Alan Bonsell cross-examination
  - Judge takes his "prerogative" to question witness
  - Alan Bonsell examination by the court (over possible perjury)
- Day 19, Morning (November 2, 2005)
  - Alan Bonsell redirect examination
  - Alan Bonsell recross-examination
  - Sheila Harkins direct examination
  - Sheila Harkins cross-examination
  - Sheila Harkins redirect examination
  - Sheila Harkins recross examination
- Day 19, Afternoon
  - Michael Baksa direct examination (continued from day 17)
  - Michael Baksa cross-examination
- Day 20, Morning (November 3, 2005)
  - Michael Baksa redirect examination
  - Michael Baksa recross-examination
  - Michael Baksa examination by the court
  - Michael Baksa 2nd redirect examination
  - Defense asks to be allowed to treat Robert Linker as a hostile witness
  - Robert Linker direct examination
  - Robert Linker cross-examination
  - Robert Linker redirect examination
  - Robert Linker recross examination
- Day 20, Afternoon
  - Scott Minnich direct examination
  - Scott Minnich cross-examination
- Day 21, Morning (November 4, 2005)
  - Scott Minnich redirect examination
- Day 21, Afternoon
  - Plaintiff's closing arguments
  - Defense closing arguments
  - Final remarks from the court

This Archive also has an article, The Discovery Institute Quote Mines Judge Jones, that discusses some misleading creationist quoting of the judge in this case. It is part of a larger effort to debunk the evolution quotes used by evolution deniers of all sorts.

Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District

Dover, Pennsylvania Intelligent Design Case

Trial documents

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