Document ID: ./input/supremecourt_opinions/opinions/boundvolumes/524bv.pdf
Page Number: 710

524US2

Unit: $U96

[09-15-00 14:39:49] PAGES PGT: OPIN

Cite as: 524 U. S. 624 (1998)

665

Opinion of O(cid:146)Connor, J.

all persons—“caring for one’s self, performing manual tasks,
walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and
working”—listed in regulations relevant to the Americans
with Disabilities Act of 1990. See 45 CFR § 84.3( j)(2)(ii)
(1997); 28 CFR § 41.31(b)(2) (1997). Based on that conclu-
sion, there is no need to address whether other aspects of
intimate or family relationships not raised in this case could
constitute major life activities; nor is there reason to con-
sider whether HIV status would impose a substantial limita-
tion on one’s ability to reproduce if reproduction were a
major life activity.

I join in Part II of The Chief Justice’s opinion concur-
ring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part, which
concludes that the Court of Appeals failed to properly deter-
mine whether respondent’s condition posed a direct threat.
Accordingly, I agree that a remand is necessary on that issue.