In September 1996, a jury decided that MTS Corp, operating as Supercuts, retaliated against a man with AIDS after he complained to the EEOC that the company discriminated against him. The jury didn't find that the business had discriminated against the man, however.

According to the judge, the owners denied financial aid to the man to attend a hairstylist convention, denied an extension on his leave of absence, fired him, and approved a ban barring him from the salons except as a customer. The judge ruled that there was a "reasonable expectation that such discriminatory conduct could recur" if another employee chose to avail himself of his rights under the ADA.