· 1/31/1980
Wilfred Roy French v. Fred A. Butterworth
Citations
- 614 F.2d 23
- 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 20899
How courts have described this case
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- finding that inmates do not have a constitutionally protected right to purchase commissary items at low prices
- prisoners do not have constitutionally protected right to be able to purchase commissary items at or near cost
- “[T]here is simply no legal basis for a demand that inmates be offered items for purchase at or near cost”
- \simply no legal basis for a demand that inmates be offered items for purchase at or near cost\
- no legal basis exists for a demand that inmates be offered items for purchase at or near cost
- \We also reject French's contention that he and fellow inmates have a constitutionally protected interest in buying food as cheaply as possible.\
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Judges: Coffin, Campbell, Bownes
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