Legal Opinion
Caviezel v. Great Neck Public Schools
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 12, 2012No. 11-3431-cvUnpublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY ORDER
Plaintiffs Martina and Andreas Schenk Caviezel sued defendants under federal and state law for denying them a religious exemption from the New York requirement that they have their children vaccinated as a condition of their attendance of public schools. See N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2164(7), (9). In three carefully reasoned opinions, the district court ruled that (1) the Caviezels were not entitled to preliminary injunctive relief because they failed, at a hearing, to demonstrate a likelihood of success on the merits, i.e., that their opposition to vaccination was based on “genuine…
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