AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION v. BOARD OF EDUCATION

Docket No. L.A. 25788.

55 Cal.2d 167 (1961)

359 P.2d 45

10 Cal. Rptr. 647

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (a Corporation) et al., Petitioners, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 24, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.L. Wirin, Fred Okrand, Abraham Gorenfeld and Irwin Gostin for Petitioners.

Robert L. Bostick, Fred F. Cooper, Albert M. Bendich, Marshall W. Krause and Rudolph Pacht as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, and Ronald L. Schneider, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent.


DOOLING, J.

Petitioners seek a writ of mandate to compel the Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles to grant their application for the use of the John Burroughs Junior High School Auditorium in which to hold a series of monthly public meetings on the general theme of "The Bill of Rights in 1960." Their application was denied by respondent board because petitioners refused to furnish the "Statement of Information" as required by section 16565 of the Education...

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