Crofton v. Roe, No. 97-35121 (9th Cir.) (170 F.3d 957) (March 26, 1999) (Judge Mary M. Schroeder)
Loaded on May 1, 1999
published in Punch and Jurists
May 03, 1999
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Prison Mail.
Here the Court struck down a Washington State prison regulation that prohibited the receipt by prisoners of gift publications, holding that the regulation had no rational relationship to penological concerns and violated the First Amendment.
This is a rare prison case in which the Court invalidated a Washington State prison …
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