Alexius MacKlin v. Arkansas Department of Human Services

Summary

The court held that Macklin's interlocutory appeal was properly certified and ripe because the record showed that the Arkansas Department of Human Services intended to immunize her daughter despite her religious and philosophical objection. On the merits, the court held that the statutory immunization exemption allowed Macklin, as the child's parent, to exempt her from prophylactic childhood immunizations, requiring reversal and remand.