The Center for HIV Law and Policy challenges barriers to the rights and health of people affected by HIV through legal advocacy, high-impact policy initiatives, and creation of cross-issue partnerships, networks, and resources. We support movement building that amplifies the power of individuals and communities to mobilize for change that is rooted in racial, gender, and economic justice.

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  1. U.S. v. Perez, 33 M.J. 1050 (A.C.M.R. 1991).

    This United States Army Court of Military Review decision sets aside a lower court's conviction of an HIV-positive staff sergeant of assault consummated by a battery and adultery. The staff sergeant and his wife, legally separated, entered into a for ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/16/2014 2:11pm

  2. Urbaniak v. Newton, 277 Cal. Rptr. 354 (Cal. Ct. App. 1991)

    The Court of Appeals for the First District of California held that a patient’s right to privacy was violated when a doctor included the patient’s HIV status, though irrelevant to the examination, as part of a medical report for a workers’ compensation cl ...

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

  3. Support Ministries for Persons with AIDS, Inc. v. Vill. of Waterford, 808 F. Supp. 120 (N.D.N.Y. 1992)

    When plaintiff attempted to establish a residence for HIV-positive homeless people, community opposition persuaded the zoning board to amend its laws to exclude uses such as the proposed residence from residential areas. The defendant then rejected the pl ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 2/25/2020 3:58pm

  4. Stewart B. McKinney Found., Inc. v. Town Plan and Zoning Comm'n, 790 F. Supp. 1197 (D. Conn. 1992)

    The plaintiff purchased a two-family home with the intent to house seven homeless HIV-positive people. After a series of hostile public meetings and inquiries, the zoning commission determined that the proposed use of the facility would require applicatio ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 2/25/2020 4:04pm

  5. Kelly v. Williams, Fair Housing- Fair Lending (P-H) ¶ 25,007 (H.U.D.A.L.J. 1991)

    Alleging a violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA), the plaintiff sued his landlord after the landlord questioned him about his HIV status and then evicted him from his apartment. Having determined that people living with HIV/AIDS have a handicap for purp ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 1/5/2019 2:02pm

  6. New York State Society of Surgeons v. Axelrod, 572 N.E.2d 605 (N.Y. 1991)

    Several medical organizations brought an Article 78 proceeding to compel the Commissioner of Health and the New York State Public Health Council to add HIV infection to lists of communicable and sexually transmissible diseases. The lower court dismissed t ...

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