Scope and Contents From the File: In this extensive early 1980s case, the ACLU submitted an amicus brief in support of a large class action lawsuit in which the People of the State of California, including the the City of San Francisco Attorney, George Agnost, as well as Mervyn Silverman, the Director of Public Health, brought a lawsuit against the owners and operators of city bathhouses, such as Ima Jean Owen and several others who operated San Francisco bathhouses such as the Academy, the Animals, the Boot Camp, and the...