Legal Opinion
Champagne v. Commissioner of Correction
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 11, 1985PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The plaintiff, an inmate at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Cedar Junction, appeals from an order of the Superior Court granting summary judgment to the defendant prison officials. He alleges that the defendants censored and confiscated his incoming publications, thereby violating his speech and due process rights under both the Federal and Massachusetts Constitutions. He also contends that he was denied his constitutional rights of access to the courts and assistance of counsel by the defendants’ mishandling of his legal correspondence. The plaintiff’s complaint seeks…
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- Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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