This 1984 case concerns the First Amendment rights of tenants in San Francisco to hang banners, flags, and signs on leased or rented property. Tenants and plaintiffs Children's Rights Group is a "nonprofit corporation that provides special programs, services, and referrals for children and their families." They had hung a banner that read "Children's Campaign for Peace Without Fear" outside one of their office windows. San Francisco Redevelopment Agency is a government agency that manages and leases properties that they own. They objected to the banner and sent employees to cut it down.

The ACLU argued that abridgement of free speech was unconstitutional, and that the cutting down of the banner also violated due process. The sought to reinstate the plaintiffs right to hang banners from their business, and argued that the Agency's policy, as stated in their rental agreement, against banners and flags "is unconstitutional and therefore void and unenforceable..." They sought damages and attorney's fees for the plaintiffs. The court agreed with the ACLU, and ordered the Agency to abridge its policies.