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· 1/11/1965

Wright v. DeWitt School District

Citations

  • 385 S.W.2d 644
  • 238 Ark. 906
  • 1965 Ark. LEXIS 1175

How courts have described this case

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  • finding that smallpox vaccination requirement does not violate free exercise of religion, because individuals’ “freedom to act according to their religious beliefs is subject to a reasonable regulation for the benefit of society as a whole”
  • grave, immediate or present health danger need not exist for interest in compulsory vaccination to outweigh religious liberties

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Judges: Holt

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