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Constitutional Right for Cons to Buy Lottery Tickets? Federal Court Says Nyet

Loaded on March 15, 1992 by Robert Pierce published in Prison Legal News March, 1992, page 6
Filed under: Frivolous Litigation, Mail, Mail Regulations. Location: Wisconsin.
By Robert Pierce

To file or not to file, frivolousness is the question. Wisconsin prisoners answered the question by filing a lawsuit alleging that they were constitutionally entitled to purchase lottery tickets. The action stated that under the first amendment they had a right to buy state revenue enhancement lottery ...

 

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