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1. U.S. v. Womack, 29 M.J. 88 (C.M.A. 1989).

   This United States Court of Military Appeals decision affirms the court martial of an HIV-positive staff sergeant for violating a "safe sex" order and committing forcible sodomy. The Air Force issued the safe sex order after the staff sergeant w ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 6/16/2014 2:51pm

2. U.S. v. Stewart, 29 M.J. 92 (C.M.A. 1989).

   This United States Court of Military Appeals decision affirms a lower court's convictions of a sergeant of aggravated assault, absence without leave, and failure to repair based on the appellant's guilty pleas based on knowingly exposing a femal ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 6/16/2014 2:27pm

3. U.S. v. Woods, 28 M.J. 318 (CMA 1989).

   This is a United States Court of Military Appeals decision reversing a trial judge's dismissal of charges against an officer, thus allowing the case to proceed to trial. The HIV-positive officer was charged with knowingly engaging in unprotected sexu ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 6/16/2014 2:53pm

4. Lack of Transmission of HIV Through Human Bites and Scratches, Chris M. Tsoukus et al., 1 J.A.I.D.S. 505 (1988).

   This limited study, conducted during the mid-1980's, chronicles the lack of transmission of HIV through bites and scratches. The study followed only one patient, an HIV- positive hemophiliac with severe brain damage, who was incontinent, masturbated ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

5. State v. Guayante, 783 P.2d 1030 (Or. Ct. App. 1989)

   Guayante was convicted of one count of sexual abuse and two counts each of attempted rape and sodomy of a thirteen-year-old girl. Taking into consideration Guayante's HIV-positive status, the court sentenced him to a total of thirty years in prison. ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

6. Brock v. State, 555 So.2d 285, 288 (Ala. Crim. App. 1989)

   Brock v. State presented a question of first impression to Alabama courts when the Alabama Attorney General prosecuted Adam Brock for attempted murder after the HIV-positive Mr. Brock bit a prison guard in the midst of a scuffle. At the conclusion of the ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

7. DeShany v. Winnebago County Dept. of Social Servs., 498 U.S. 189 (1989)

   In 1984, four-year-old Joshua DeShaney became comatose and then profoundly retarded due to traumatic head injuries inflicted by his father, who physically beat him over a long period of time. The Winnebago County Department of Social Services took various ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

8. Woods v. White, 689 F. Supp. 874 (W.D. Wis. 1988)

   The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin held that there is a constitutional right to privacy in one’s medical records and that this right is not relinquished automatically when a person is incarcerated. In this case, an inmate’s AIDS ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

9. Doe v. Dolton Elementary School District, 694 F. Supp. 440 (N.D. Ill. 1988)

   A twelve-year-old, HIV-positive student who had been excluded from regular classroom activities as a result of his HIV infection sued his school alleging violations of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Finding that the Rehabilitation Act applied in t ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

10. Chalk v. U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 840 F.2d 701 (9th Cir. 1988)

    Relying heavily on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in School Board of Nassau County v. Arline, 480 U.S. 273 (1987), the Ninth Circuit found that a teacher with AIDS who was reassigned to an administrative position in the school because of his disease ne ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 3/31/2016 10:52am

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