American South African Line v. United States

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• holding that the evi- dence was legally insufficient to support a danger-to-others commitment where the appellant made verbal threats to “destroy” his family members and later, unrelatedly, pushed his son on a single occasion
• holding that the evi- dence was legally insufficient to support a danger-to-others commitment where the appellant made verbal threats to “destroy” his family members and later, unrelatedly, pushed his son on a single occasion
• concluding that evidence that the appellant had made threats on the telephone to his family, pushed his son when returning a lawn mower, and driven slowly to obstruct traffic was not sufficient to conclude that the appellant’s mental disorder would cause him to be a danger to others
• reversing commitment where the appellant had only once “pushed” another person
• reversing commitment where the appellant had only once “pushed” another person
• reversing commitment where the appellant had only once “pushed” another person

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