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WRIGHT v. DeWITT SCHOOL DIST. NO. 1 OF ARKANSAS COUNTY

No. 5-3408.

385 S.W.2d 644 (1965)

Ulyess WRIGHT et al., Appellants, v. DeWITT SCHOOL DIST. NO. 1 OF ARKANSAS COUNTY, Ark., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 11, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Gentry, Little Rock, for appellants.

Macom & Moorhead, Stuttgart, for appellee.

HOLT, Justice.

The issue presented in this case is whether a state health regulation is in conflict with freedom of religion as ordained by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

The appellants, adults and school age children, are members of a church known as the General Assembly and Church of the First Born. The appellee, DeWitt School District #1 of Arkansas County, pursuant to a state health regulation, required all students to be...

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