Legal Opinion
Flynn v. Estevez
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided June 27, 2017No. CASE NO. 1D15-3923PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAKAR, J.,
The Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine, Florida, through its Bishop Felipe Estevez (whom we’ll call “the Diocese” for simplicity), seeks jurisdictional autonomy under its ecclesiastical powers to prevent a secular court from reviewing its decision to require that all students admitted to its schools be immunized as required by Florida law. Its policy, however, conflicts with a statutory exemption that allows parents to object on. religious grounds to immunization of their children as a condition..of admission to Florida public and private schools. The trial court concluded that the…
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