Legal Opinion
Payne v. Commonwealth Department of Corrections
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 29, 2005No. 211 MAP 2002, 7 MAP 2003PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Chief Justice CAPPY.
These cross-appeals raise issues regarding the constitutionality of various provisions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 6601-6608, Pennsylvania’s Obscenity Law, 18 Pa.C.S. § 5903(a)(7)-(9), and administrative directive DC-ADM 803, which was promulgated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Corrections (“Department”) to govern inmate mail and incoming publications. The Commonwealth Court upheld the constitutionality of the challenged provisions, with the exception of those sections of the PLRA involving filing fees in…
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