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· 8/25/1989

Baxter v. City of Belleville, Ill.

Citations

  • 720 F. Supp. 720
  • 1989 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10298
  • 1989 WL 101096

How courts have described this case

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  • applying FHA factors and finding likely violation by zoning ordinance that prevented group home for HIV-positive individuals
  • intent to exclude people with HIV out of fear that they would spread a disease through the community violates the FHAA
  • “HIV-positive persons pose no risk of transmission to the community at large.” The exclusions of section 3604(f)(9) do not support the defendant’s denial of a special use permit for an AIDS hospice
  • finding this kind of discriminatory effect was not applicable
  • real estate developer has standing

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Judges: Stiehl

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