Payne v. Commonwealth Department of Corrections

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that the Turner standard applies to claims under both the federal and state constitutions
• finding unconstitutional aspects of the Prison Litigation Reform Act as violative of Supreme Court’s rule-making authority
• finding unconstitutional aspects of the Prison Litigation Reform Act as violative of Supreme Court’s rulemaking authority
• recognizing this Court's exclusive power over judicial procedure
• recognizing this Court’s exclusive power over judicial procedure
• statute that allows court to dismiss prisoner’s claim upon conclusion that allegation of indigency is untrue, the action is frivolous or defendant is entitled to raise a valid affirmative defense affects substantive rights of prisoners

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).