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IN RE VAN GELDERN

Docket Nos. Crim. 14871, 14939.

5 Cal.3d 832 (1971)

489 P.2d 578

97 Cal. Rptr. 698

In re JOHN VAN GELDERN on Habeas Corpus. In re NATHAN E. ELI on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 18, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John van Geldern, in pro. per., and R. Jay Engel, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner in No. 14871.

Paul N. Halvonik and Charles C. Marson as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner in No. 14871.

Nathan E. Eli, in pro. per., Roger S. Hanson, Paul N. Halvonik and Charles C. Marson for Petitioner in No. 14939.

Thomas C. Lynch and Evelle J. Younger, Attorneys General, Derald E. Granberg, John T. Murphy and George R. Nock, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.

OPINION

PETERS, J.

Petitioners Nathan E. Eli, an inmate at San Quentin Prison under sentence of death, and John van Geldern, an inmate at Folsom State Prison, seek habeas corpus to challenge a Department of Corrections rule requiring inmate-authors to relinquish a portion of their profits and royalties from published writings.

That rule, Director of the Department of Corrections rule 2505, provides: "To defray handling costs...

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