Legal Opinion
Phillips ex rel. B.P. v. City of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 7, 2015No. Docket No. 14-2156-cvPublishedCited by 115 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiffs brought this action challenging on constitutional grounds New York State’s requirement that all children be vaccinated in order to attend public school. Plaintiffs argued that the statutory vaccination requirement, which is subject to medical and religious exemptions, violates their substantive due process rights, the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Ninth Amendment, and both state and municipal law. On the same grounds, plaintiffs argued that a state regulation permitting school officials to temporarily…
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