Court of Appeals of Maryland· 10/5/1982

Davis v. State

Citations

451 A.2d 107
294 Md. 370
1982 Md. LEXIS 318

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noting that a state need not “provide a religious exemption from its immunization program” (citing Prince, 321 U.S. 158, 64 S.Ct. 438)
declining to construe the phrase in a statute as petitioner requested, finding that such an action would be to re-draft the statute under the guise of construction
severing unconstitutional religious group membership exception from statute mandating childhood immunization as condition of school enrollment
both provisions must fall “when the dominant purpose of a statute” cannot be “carried out” without the invalid provision
“Maryland’s compulsory immunization program clearly furthers the important governmental objective of eliminating and preventing certain communicable diseases.”

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Judges: Eldridge

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