Both Langston and the State Appeal Court focused on the power given to states to set curriculum standards, and did not delve far into the subject of evolutionary theory itself nor to the boundaries between church and state.
Tanto Langston coma o Tribunal de Apelación do Estado centráronse no poder do estado para establecer os currículos estándar, e non entraon apenas no asunto da teoría da evolución nin nos límites entre igrexa e estado.