CHAMPAGNE v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION


395 Mass. 382 (1985)

480 N.E.2d 609

RAYMOND CHAMPAGNE vs. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

July 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur B. Leavens for the plaintiff.

John A. Amabile, Assistant Attorney General, for Commissioner of Correction & others.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.


HENNESSEY, 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...

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