Legal Opinion
Smith v. Beard
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 26, 2011No. 519 M.D. 2010PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge COHN JUBELIRER.
Before this Court are the preliminary objections (POs) in the nature of demurrers filed by Jeffrey A. Beard, Ph.D., Secretary of the Department of Corrections (Secretary), to the Petition for Review (Petition) filed in this Court’s original jurisdiction by Emory Smith (Mr. Smith). In the Petition, Mr. Smith challenges the constitutional validity of the Department of Corrections (Department) regulation DC-ADM-803, Inmate Mail and Incoming Publication Policy (Policy) 1 as it applies to Playboy Magazine (Playboy).
Specifically, the Petition avers the following.…
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