The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday cleared an Atlanta attorney of accusations that he misled the court during oral arguments over stickers in Cobb County, Ga., science books that question the validity of the theory of evolution.

The unusual interim ruling from the court stemmed from a panel’s Dec. 15, 2005, interrogation of Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore partner Jeffrey O. Bramlett, who represents people who sued the Cobb school board claiming the stickers were an unconstitutional government endorsement of religion.