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MATTER OF LUCAS v. SCULLY

71 N.Y.2d 399 (1988)

In the Matter of Richard P. Lucas, Appellant, v. Charles J. Scully, as Superintendent of Green Haven Correctional Facility, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 11, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Selcov and David C. Leven for appellant.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Harvey M. Berman and O. Peter Sherwood of counsel), for respondents.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.

ALEXANDER, J.

This appeal involves a challenge to the constitutionality of certain regulations of the Department of Correctional Services governing inmate correspondence. The regulations — requiring that certain correspondence be submitted for mailing unsealed and subject to inspection, and that no material be included in an outgoing envelope if not specifically intended for the addressee — are...

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