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MATTER OF DePASS

140 Misc.2d 654 (1988)

In the Matter of Jason DePass, Alleged to be a Mentally Ill Patient at Hillside Hospital, a Division of Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Respondent.

Supreme Court, Queens County.

March 7, 1988

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hayt, Hayt & Landau (Suanne Linder Chiacchiaro of counsel), for petitioner. Thomas Behrendt for respondent.

HERBERT A. POSNER, J.

The recent notoriety of the "Billie Boggs" case has made the general public aware of the sensitive conflict between government's desire to protect mentally ill people and the individual's desire not to be confined to a mental institution. The trauma of the "Snake Pit" is too vivid in people's minds. Like "Billie Boggs", the respondent, Jason DePass, fought vigorously the effort...

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