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· 2/16/1940

Amiot v. Kansas City Life Ins.

Citations

  • 109 F.2d 916
  • 1940 U.S. App. LEXIS 4017

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that cost is relevant for assessing whether an accommodation imposes an undue burden
  • noting that Turner “does not, by its terms, apply to statutory rights”
  • applying the Arline factors to a challenge of the ADOC HIV-segregation policy
  • “HIV infection inevitably progressed to AIDS. AIDS always led to death, often after lengthy suffering.”
  • court’s findings that were inconsistent with plaintiffs’ argument were an “implicit rejection” of that argument
  • “[W]hen the adverse event is the contraction of a fatal disease, the risk of transmission can be significant even if the probability of transmission is low: death itself makes the risk significant.”

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Judges: Hicks

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