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The details of the lawsuit:

http://www.au.org/site/DocServer/Final_Complaint.pdf?docID=541

A brief overview:

http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/01/17/ap2455311.html

Depending on the judge, the Dover decision could have acted as a precedent and the motivations of the teacher would have been analyzed:

Sharon Lemburg, a social studies teacher and soccer coach who was teaching “Philosophy of Design,” defended the course in a letter to the weekly Mountain Enterprise.

“I believe this is the class that the Lord wanted me to teach,” she wrote.

The original syllabus for the class:

http://www.mountainenterprise.com/IntelDesignSyl/IntelDesignSyllabus051209.htm

While it’s nice that Mr.s Lemburg wanted to teach such a class it’s rather obvious she isn’t familar with the subject matter. Though with some help she submitted a revised version:

http://www.mountainenterprise.com/IntelDesignSyl/Syllabus-051229.html

Better but it still manages to conflate Young Earth Creationism and Intelligent Design within a topic heading.

The initial thoughts of Discovery Institute staff member Casey Luskin:

http://www.evolutionnews.org/2006/01/dogmatic_darwinists_strike_aga.html

The official response of the Discovery Institute:

http://www.evolutionnews.org/2006/01/discovery_institute_statement.html