ordered an Atlanta school system to remove stickers from textbooks which call the theory of evolution "a theory, not a fact." In the case Selman v. Cobb County School District, he ruled that these stickers are an endorsement of religion and as such violate the Establishment Clause of the US Constitution. Cooper was assigned to the case of Whitaker v. Perdue, a federal challenge to Georgia House Bill 1059 which requires that registered sexual offenders cannot live or work within 1,000 feet from schools, school bus stops, churches, day care centers, and areas where children gather, such as parks, recreation centers, playgrounds, swimming pools, etc. In July 2006, Judge Cooper issued a restraining order barring enforcement of the law near the vicinity of bus stops. In August, he certified a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all of Georgia's 11,000 registered sex offenders instead of just the eight plaintiffs. On March 30, 2007, the judge dismissed some of the plaintiff's claims from the suit, including the claim that the law represented cruel and unusual punishment; the rest of the case will go forward. Plaintiff's lawyers had until June 1, 2007, to file a new, revised complaint. Personal life Cooper has a wife, Shirley Cooper, who was the first black food service coordinator for Atlanta-Fulton County school system. Cooper has two children: Jennae Marie Cooper, also known as J. Marie Cooper, a film producer and author of children's book The Candy Judge; and son Corey Cooper works in computer technology. Namesake awards Judge Clarence Cooper Judicial Section Award (this award is given to jurists for outstanding service to the judiciary and the community). Judge Clarence Cooper Legacy Award Awards and honors 2003 Hall of Fame 2010 Trumpet Award Honoree IMDB 2011 Emory History Makers Notes References 1942 births Living people Georgia (U.S. state) state court judges Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton Georgia Court of Appeals judges African-American judges Harvard Kennedy School alumni People from Decatur, Georgia Emory University School of Law alumni Clark Atlanta University alumni 20th-century American judges Politicians from Atlanta United States Army soldiers United States Army personnel of the Vietnam War 21st-century American judges