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· 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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