J.D. Shelley

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African American U.S. Supreme Court case homebuyer person

J.D. Shelley was an African American homebuyer whose involvement in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Shelley v. Kraemer helped establish that racially restrictive housing covenants could not be enforced by courts.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
J.D. Shelley canonical 5
J. D. Shelley 1

Statements (28)

Predicate Object
instanceOf African American ⓘ
U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ
homebuyer ⓘ
person ⓘ
areaOfLaw civil rights law ⓘ
housing discrimination ⓘ
associatedWithCourt Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
associatedWithLegalDoctrine unenforceability of racially restrictive covenants under the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
caseOutcomeImpact contributed to precedent limiting judicial enforcement of private racial discrimination in housing ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
fieldOfNotability civil rights law ⓘ
housing discrimination ⓘ
fullName J.D. Shelley self-link ⓘ
hasEthnicBackground Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
hasLastName Shelley ⓘ
heldThat racially restrictive housing covenants are not enforceable by state courts ⓘ
involvedIn Shelley v. Kraemer ⓘ
involvesParty J.D. Shelley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
legalSignificance helped establish that racially restrictive housing covenants could not be enforced by courts ⓘ
notableFor being a party in the U.S. Supreme Court case Shelley v. Kraemer ⓘ
opposedPractice racially restrictive housing covenants ⓘ
partyToCase Shelley v. Kraemer ⓘ
race Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
relatedLegalIssue equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
racial segregation in housing ⓘ
roleInEvent homebuyer challenging a racially restrictive covenant ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shelley v. Kraemer → party → J.D. Shelley ⓘ
Ethel Shelley → spouse → J.D. Shelley ⓘ
Ethel Shelley → party → J.D. Shelley ⓘ
subject surface form: Shelley v. Kraemer
J.D. Shelley → fullName → J.D. Shelley self-link ⓘ
J.D. Shelley → involvesParty → J.D. Shelley self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Shelley v. Kraemer
Fern Kraemer → opposedParty → J.D. Shelley ⓘ
this entity surface form: J. D. Shelley