Legal Opinion
Hogar Agua Y Vida en El Desierto, Inc. v. Suarez-Medina
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 28, 1994No. 93-2017PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Circuit Judge.
Hogar Agua y Vida en el Desierto, Inc. (“HAVED”), a nonprofit organization which operates group homes for persons infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (“HIV”), brought a civil action in the United States District Court for the District of Puer-to Rico alleging discriminatory conduct by defendants-appellees in violation of the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 3601-3617 (1993) (“FHA”). The district court ruled that the principal defendants, Jorge Suarez Medina and Baudilla Albelo Suarez (hereinafter: “Suarez” or “Suarezes”), were exempt from liability under the FHA by…
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