American Civil Liberties Union Of Southern California V. Board Of Education

Petitioners, a nonprofit corporation and its Executive Director, seek mandate to  compel the respondent Board of Education to grant its application for a permit to use John Burroughs Junior High School Auditorium for a series of public bimonthly meetings on the subject of "The Bill of Rights." Respondent denied that application upon the sole ground that petitioners refused to file a statement of information as required by respondent's rule 1316. The sole question presented by this proceeding is whether respondent has the legal right to make compliance with that rule a prerequisite to an otherwise lawful use of the school premises.*fn1