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NEWLAND v. BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Docket No. S.F. 23557.

19 Cal.3d 705 (1977)

566 P.2d 254

139 Cal. Rptr. 620

WILLIAM W. NEWLAND, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

July 21, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

David C. Moon for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Blease, Vanderlaan & Rothschild, Coleman A. Blease, Marcus Vanderlaan, Michael Rothschild, Morrison & Foerster, Samuel R. Miller, Charles C. Marson, Margaret C. Crosby, Alan L. Schlosser, Peter E. Sheehan, Clifford C. Sweet and Susan Spurlark as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, and Robert E. Murphy, Deputy Attorney General, for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

TOBRINER, Acting C.J.

When in 1974 plaintiff William Newland, who was educationally well qualified, sought a community college credential, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges confronted him with the fact that seven years earlier he had been convicted of a misdemeanor: lewd conduct in a public place (Pen. Code, § 647, subd. (a)). The Board rejected his application on the ground that section 13220...

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