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  1. U.S. v. Bygrave, 46 M.J. 491 (1997).

    This is a United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces decision affirming the aggravated assault conviction of a man who transmitted HIV to a consensual sexual partner to whom he had previously disclosed his HIV status. Relying on U.S. v. Joseph, t ...

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

  2. State v. Hinkhouse, 912 P.2d 921 (Or. Ct. App. 1996)

    Hinkhouse was convicted of ten counts of attempted murder and ten counts of attempted assault after he engaged in unprotected sexual intercourse with a number of women to whom he reportedly failed to disclose his HIV status. On appeal, Hinkhouse argued th ...

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

  3. Smallwood v. State, 680 A.2d 512 (Md. 1996)

    In a case with horrific facts, the Maryland Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, reversed an HIV-positive rapist's attempted murder convictions, concluding that his HIV-positive status alone was insufficient to infer an intent to kill. D ...

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

  4. United States v. ABC Nursery, Inc., Complaint, United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, U.S. Department of Justice

    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 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The child was originally offered a place at the cente ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 3/31/2016 10:22am

  5. Ryan v. Ramsey, 936 F. Supp. 417 (S.D. Tex. 1996)

    Relying on the Seventh Circuit's four-prong impact analysis outlined in Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. v. Village of Arlington Heights, 558 F.2d 1283 (7th Cir. 1977), the District Court found that a landlord's refusal to rent to an HIV-p ...

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

  6. Hill v. Cmty. of Damien of Molokai, 911 P.2d 861 (N.M. 1996)

    Applying the four-prong impact analysis outlined in Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. v. Village of Arlington Heights, 558 F.2d 1283 (7th Cir. 1977), the New Mexico Supreme Court found that a group home for people with AIDS conformed with a restricti ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 3/31/2016 10:22am