 The schoolboard appealed and the decision was upheld by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on January 24, 2000.The schoolboard then appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States, who on June 19, 2000, declined to hear the case in a 6-3 decision, thereby allowing the lower court decision to stand.Three conservative members of the Supreme Court dissented; Antonin Scalia and William Rehnquist, who had also dissented from the decision in "Edwards v. Aguillard", were joined by 1991 George H.W.