On This Date: February 4, 1988 #OnThisDate in 1988, having heard that Joyce Brown (#BillieBoggs) had been released, the New York Court of Appeals dismissed her case as moot. The rather anti-climactic decision was published …

#OnThisDate in 1988, having heard that #JoyceBrown aka #BillieBoggs had been released, the New York #CourtOfAppeals dismissed her case as moot.
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On This Date: January 19, 1988 #OnThisDate in 1988, after 84 days of involuntary confinement, Joyce Brown (#BillieBoggs) was released and walked out of Bellevue Hospital. Sources: Wikipedia, Joyce Patricia Brown; Norman Siegel, …

#OnThisDate in 1988, after 84 days of involuntary confinement, #JoyceBrown aka #BillieBoggs was released and walked out of #BellevueHospital.
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#OnThisDate in 1988, NY State Supreme Court Justice Irving Kirschenbaum ruled that New York City could not forcibly medicate #JoyceBrown aka #BillieBoggs.
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On This Date: January 12-13, 1988 OnThisDate and the next in 1988, a hearing was held before Judge Irving Kirschenbaum on the City’s application to medicate Joyce Brown (#BillieBoggs) against her will. The judge decided a few…

Also #OnThisDate and the next in 1988, a hearing was held before Judge Irving Kirschenbaum on the City's application to medicate #JoyceBrown aka #BillieBoggs against her will.
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On This Date: November 13, 1987 #OnThisDate in 1987, the New York Appellate Division, 1st Department, forbade the release of Joyce Brown, also known as Billie Boggs, from the psychiatric unit of Bellevue Hospital, pending the Cit…

#OnThisDate in 1987, the NY Appellate Division, 1st Department, forbade the release of #JoyceBrown, also known as #BillieBoggs, from the psychiatric unit of Bellevue Hospital, pending the City's appeal of Judge R.D. Lippmann's decision in her case.
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On This Date: November 12, 1987 #OnThisDate in 1987, Judge Robert D. Lippmann of the Supreme Court of New York, New York County, issued a decision in Matter of Boggs, 136 Misc. 2d 1082 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., N.Y. Co., 1987), The questio…

#OnThisDate in 1987, Judge Robert D. Lippmann of the Supreme Court of NY, New York County, issued a decision in the landmark #PsychiatrizationOfHomelessness case Matter of Boggs, 136 Misc. 2d 1082, and ordered #JoyceBrown aka #BillieBoggs released.
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#OnThisDate in 1987, the first court hearing was held for #JoyceBrown aka #BillieBoggs: 4 psychiatrists testified for the city, 3 for the #NYCLU.
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On This Date: September 7, 1947 #OnThisDate in 1947, Joyce Patricia Brown, also known as Billie Boggs, was born in Elizabeth, NJ. She was the first homeless person involuntarily transported by Project HELP to psychiatric ER at Bellevue Hospital under an expanded legal standard requiring finding of danger to self or others "within the foreseeable future", not necessarily "imminent", and involuntarily committed. She contested, contacted the…

#OnThisDate in 1947, #JoyceBrown, also known as #Billie Boggs, was born. She was the first homeless person involuntarily transported by #ProjectHELP to psychiatric ER at #BellevueHospital under an expanded "foreseeable future" legal standard. She sued and eventually won her freedom.

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Cum lupta femeii fără adăpost Joyce Brown din New York împotriva spitalizării forțate a redefinit drepturile persoanelor fără adăpost și ale celor cu probleme mintale în SUA. #JoyceBrown #DrepturiFărăAdăpost #NewYork #DrepturiCivile #SUA

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