DIAZ v. WATTS

Docket No. A025314.

189 Cal.App.3d 657 (1987)

234 Cal. Rptr. 334

VICTOR G. DIAZ et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. HAL WATTS, as Acting Superintendent, etc., et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

January 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

William J. Taylor, Peter P. Goodman, Brian F. Berger, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Margaret C. Crosby, Donna J. Hitchens, Alan L. Schlosser and Amitai Schwartz for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Kristofer Jorstad and Dane R. Gillette, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

BARRY-DEAL, J.

The issue before us is the validity of current regulations promulgated by the California Department of Corrections (Department) on the publication of prison newspapers.

Appellants are Victor Diaz and Eric Martin, former inmates at the California Medical Facility at Vacaville (CMF) and editors of the Vacavalley Star (the Star); the Prisoners' Union, an outside subscriber to the Star; and Debra Rice, a...

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