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Yoder (1972). After a string of unsuccessful battles in state courts, the 60-year struggle of the Old Order Mennonites and Amish against compulsory education culminated in Wisconsin v.
Wisconsin v. Yoder had its origins, in part, in an act of retaliation, Mr. Peters says. In the summer of 1968, the New Glarus Amish announced they were starting their own schools.