A district court judge granted of summary judgment in favor of Johns Hopkins University and the Rockefeller Foundation, finding the extensive records did not demonstrate that they were responsible for the alleged misconduct stemming from nonconsensual STD experiments in Guatemala in the 1940s. Paul D. Bekman of Bekman, Marder, Hopper, Malarkey & Perlin, represented the plaintiffs. Robert J. Mathis of DLA Piper represented Johns Hopkins. Sheila Birnbaum and Michael McGinley, counsel Danielle Gentin Stock, and associate Justin Romeo at Dechert represented Rockefeller.