K. R. Savoy Et Al. v. Graham Memorial Auditorium Association

Plaintiff Savoy and others sought a mandatory injunction to compel Graham Memorial Auditorium Association and certain named individuals to grant the application of plaintiffs for use of the Graham Memorial Auditorium in Graham by Jehovahs Witnesses for a religious assembly. The petition alleged that the auditorium "is dedicated to * * * public meetings and assemblies of all sorts and is permitted to be used as a place of religious assembly for worship regularly and from time to time by religious groups of all denominations. * * *" The petition further alleged that it was the absolute, ministerial duty of defendants to issue the permit; that the refusal to permit them to use the auditorium deprived them of rights of freedom of assembly and worship guaranteed by the Constitution of the State of Texas, and of the Federal Constitution; that defendants acts were arbitrary, discriminatory and in violation of plaintiffs rights to due process of law.