Johnson v. Board of Education

Petitioners seek an order, in the nature of a writ of mandamus, to compel respondent Board of Education to permit an inspection of petitioner Ethel B. Johnson’s records while attending school. The petition alleges that the latter is suffering from a severe brain damage caused by the negligence and malpractice of certain tort-feasors not connected with the respondent or the City of New York and that respondent has refused to permit such inspection. The action has been granted a preference and is scheduled for trial on October 16, 1961. Respondent objects on the ground that the petitioners…