Rice v. State

31 Kan.App. 2d 964 (2003)

76 P.3d 1048

JERRY RICE, et al., Appellants,

v.

STATE OF KANSAS, et al., Appellees.

No. 89,759

Court of Appeals of Kansas

Opinion filed September 19, 2003.

Bruce Plenk, of Lawrence, for appellants.

Kenneth R. Smith, special assistant attorney general, for appellees.

Before BEIER, P.J., JOHNSON, J., and WAHL, S.J.

BEIER, J.:

Petitioners, inmates at the Lansing Correctional Facility (LCF), challenge respondents' prohibition of their receipt of gift subscriptions to newspapers and magazines as a violation of their First Amendment rights. The district court upheld the respondents'…