Morrow+v.+Wood+(1874)

These two cases were listed on a site of freedoms to protect. After perusing lots of cases I find it interesting that fundamental issues were reached early on and later the details of those issues are referred to in subsequent cases. Many of the recent landmark cases I read were all about finance: who was responsible for what funding, not about the same fundamentals as before.

1. //Morrow v. Wood, // 35 Wis. 59, 17 Am. Rep. 47 471 (1874) The schools cannot compel the child to pursue study that is forbidden by the parents. I tried to find more details on this case but couldn't. This summary was so brief but it seems that the parents were opposed to some subject, another site suggested it was a religious concern.

This is significant because the parents were shown to be the final say of what a student has to study. I think about Utah and all the Mormons here and the Big Bang theory is part of the core curriculum. I wonder about parents now opposing that subject. This could also apply to sex education. I doubt that was a concern back in 1874, but it would be relevant now.