Zucht v. King
1922 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zucht v. King, 260 U.S. 174 (1922),[1] was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held, 9–0, that public schools could constitutionally exclude unvaccinated students from attending, even if there was not an ongoing outbreak.[2] In the case, the school district of San Antonio, Texas enacted an ordinance that prohibited any child from attending a school within the district unless they had been vaccinated against smallpox. One parent of a student who had been excluded, Rosalyn Zucht, sued on the basis that there was not a public health emergency.[3] Justice Louis Brandeis wrote for the unanimous court that requiring students to be vaccinated was a justified use of "police power" to maintain public health and safety.[4]
Rosalyn Zucht, W. A. King, et al. | |
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Argued October 20, 1922 Decided November 13, 1922 | |
Full case name | Zucht v. King |
Citations | 260 U.S. 174 (more) 43 S. Ct. 24; 67 L. Ed. 194 |
Holding | |
School districts could constitutionally exclude unvaccinated students. | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Brandeis, joined by unanimous |
Brandeis invoked a previous decision, Jacobson v. Massachusetts (1905), in which the Court upheld the authority of the states to enforce compulsory vaccination laws.