Jacobson v. Massachusetts

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Jacobson v. Massachusetts
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 6, 1904
Decided February 20, 1905
Full case name: Henning Jacobson, plaintiff in error v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Citations: 197 U.S. 11
Holding
Court membership
Chief Justice: Melville Fuller
Associate Justices: John Marshall Harlan, David Josiah Brewer, Henry Billings Brown, Edward Douglass White, Rufus Wheeler Peckham, Joseph McKenna, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., William R. Day
Case opinions
Majority by: Harlan

Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the authority of states to pass compulsory vaccination laws. The Court’s decision articulated the view that the freedom of the individual must sometimes be subordinated to the common welfare.

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[edit] Further reading

  • Colgrove, James; Bayer, Ronald (2005). "Manifold Restraints: Liberty, Public Health, and the Legacy of Jacobson v. Massachusetts". American Journal of Public Health 95 (4): 571–576. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2004.055145. 
  • Gostin, Lawrence O. (2005). "Jacobson v. Massachusetts at 100 Years: Police Power and Civil Liberties in Tension". American Journal of Public Health 95 (4): 576–581. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2004.055152. 
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