Health Inspectors Did Not Infringe Religious School's Free Exercise Rights

In Youngblood v. Florida, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4391 (MD Fla., Feb. 6, 2006), a Florida federal district court rejected claims brought by the pastor of First Conservative Baptist Church in Jacksonville against state health inspectors. The pastor had claimed that attempts by defendants to inspect not just the lunchroom, but also the playground and classrooms, of the Conservative Christian Academy operated by the church violated state and federal free exercise protections.