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Found 35 documents
Court and Agency Decisions and Orders
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders  
Date: 2008-April-30  
Summary: The Supreme Court, faced with a charge of discrimination against a dentist who refused to fill a cavity for an HIV-positive patient, found that HIV is an impairment under ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders  
Date: 2008-April-23  
Summary: Sidney Abbott, who is HIV-positive, sought dental care (filling a cavity) from Randon Bragdon, a dentist in Maine. After Abbott disclosed her HIV status on a registration ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders  
Date: 2008-April-30  
Summary: The Supreme Court, faced with a charge of discrimination against a dentist who refused to fill a cavity for an HIV-positive patient, found that HIV is an impairment under ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders  
Date: 2008-April-30  
Summary: The Supreme Court, faced with a charge of discrimination against a dentist who refused to fill a cavity for an HIV-positive patient, found that HIV is an impairment under ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders  
Date: 2008-April-30  
Summary: The Supreme Court, faced with a charge of discrimination against a dentist who refused to fill a cavity for an HIV-positive patient, found that HIV is an impairment under ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders  
Date: 2010  
Summary: The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York held a children's camp liable under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for denying an HIV ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders  
Date: 2007-August-20  
Summary: The following synopsis is condensed from New York Law School Professor Art Leonard's excellent discussion on Leonard Link at ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders  
Date: 2003-June-9  
Summary: In this opinion, the Second Circuit affirms a holding in favor of HIV-positive New York City residents who brought suit against the city for failure to provide them with ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders  
Date: 2006-November-13  
Summary: In response to a complaint filed by an HIV-positive individual alleging that he was denied emergency medical services by the City of Philadelphia, the U.S. Attorney ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders  
Date: 2001  
Summary: This opinion concerns a summary judgment motion on a Rehabilitation Act claim against a doctor who refused to treat an HIV-positive pregnant woman and instead referred her ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders  
Date: 2009-May-27  
Summary: Alleging a violation of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, a deaf patient sued a doctor for refusing to provide medical services on the basis of the patient’s ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders  
Date: 1998-June-15  
Summary: In Yeskey, the Supreme Court unanimously held that Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits a “public entity” from discriminating ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders  
Date: 2009-September-30  
Summary: The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) brokered this settlement agreement between a patient with HIV and an orthopedic surgeon who refused to perform knee surgery on the ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders  
Date: 2009-September  
Summary: The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued this letter to an orthopedic surgeon in Texas who refused to perform knee surgery on an HIV-positive patient, finding that the ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders  
Date: 2007-November  
Summary: In response to a complaint filed by an HIV-positive individual alleging that he was denied emergency medical services by the city's fire department, the U.S. ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders  
Date: 2008-July  
Summary: In response to a complaint filed by an HIV-positive individual alleging that she was denied services by a medical weight loss clinic, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders  
Date: 2008-October  
Summary: In response to a complaint filed by an HIV-positive individual alleging that he was denied services by a massage therapy provider, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) ...
 
Document Type: Court and Agency Decisions and Orders  
Date: 2010-January-19  
Summary: On January 19, 2010, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the settlement of an ADA discrimination case it had brought against the owner and operator of an RV ...
 
 
Legal Guides
Document Type: Legal Guides  
Date: 2006-February-16  
Summary: Prepared by the U.S. Department of Justice in September 2005, and updated in February 2006, this guide provides a basic overview of federal laws that offer ...
 
Document Type: Legal Guides  
Date: 2009  
Summary: This chart provides a quick guide to the most essential changes made to the Americans With Disabilities Act, originally enacted in 1990, through adoption of the ADA ...
 
Document Type: Legal Guides  
Date: 2010-June  
Summary: This brief front-and-back handout provides an overview of the rights of people living with HIV to obtain housing without discrimination under federal law, and to housing ...
 
Document Type: Legal Guides  
Date: 2009-September  
Summary: This is a concise, useful discussion of the changes to the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) that were put into effect through the passage of the ADA Amendments Act ...
 
 
Letters and Other Advocacy Documents
Document Type: Letters and Other Advocacy Documents  
Date: 2009-January  
Summary: These documents set forth recommendations for the incoming Obama administration to address the domestic HIV epidemic. They were drafted by CHLP and other national, state ...
 
 
Pleadings and Briefs
Document Type: Pleadings and Briefs  
Date: 2005-October  
Summary: Equip for Equality filed this complaint on behalf of an HIV-positive adult with a developmental disability who was denied admission to Lambs Farm's residential facility ...
 
Document Type: Pleadings and Briefs  
Date: 2002-August-02  
Summary: An HIV-positive patient sued his dentist under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) and the AIDS Assistance Act in response to the dentist's refusal to provide ...
 
Document Type: Pleadings and Briefs  
Date: 2008-September  
Summary: On behalf of two HIV-positive individuals, the HIV/AIDS Legal Services Alliance (HALSA) filed suit against a dental provider for refusing to provide dental services, ...
 
Document Type: Pleadings and Briefs  
Date: 2008-December  
Summary: Kenneth Munson brought suit against Del Taco under the Americans with Disabilities Act and California's Unruh Civil Rights Act because barriers at one of Del ...
 
Document Type: Pleadings and Briefs  
Date: 2009-February  
Summary: An HIV-positive woman who was denied needed surgery on the basis of her HIV status filed this complaint against the medical provider, alleging violations of the Americans ...
 
Document Type: Pleadings and Briefs  
Date: 1997  
Summary: The U.S. Department of Justice filed this complaint on behalf of a woman whose nephew was denied placement in a child care center in violation of title III of the ...
 
Document Type: Pleadings and Briefs  
Date: 2009-January  
Summary: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed this complaint on behalf of a family that was denied services at a campground in violation of title III of the Americans with ...
 
 
Statutes, Regulations, and Agency Guidelines
Document Type: Statutes, Regulations, and Agency Guidelines  
Date: 1991  
Summary: Part 36 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations was issued by the Department of Justice pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in order to implement ...
 
Document Type: Statutes, Regulations, and Agency Guidelines  
Date: 1993  
Summary: To help entities that are considered places of public accommodation comply with Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the U.S. Department of Justice ...
 
Document Type: Statutes, Regulations, and Agency Guidelines  
Date: 1990  
Summary: Passed by Congress in 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was intended to ensure that people living with disabilities have access to all of the same ...
 
 
White Papers and Reports
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2004  
Summary: This policy vision paper outlines the key priorities for women with HIV as identified by a group of young HIV positive women from across Eastern and Southern Africa who ...
 
Document Type: White Papers and Reports  
Date: 2004  
Summary: HIV-positive women need access not only to appropriate health care and antiretroviral medications, but also to HIV treatment support. This paper discusses the unique ...