Shelley v. Kraemer
E18225
Shelley v. Kraemer is a landmark 1948 U.S. Supreme Court case that held courts could not enforce racially restrictive housing covenants, marking a major civil rights victory against residential segregation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shelley v. Kraemer canonical | 14 |
| J.D. Shelley et ux. v. Louis Kraemer et ux. | 1 |
| Shelley v. Kraemer decision of 1948 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T84540 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shelley v. Kraemer Context triple: [Thurgood Marshall, notableWork, Shelley v. Kraemer]
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A.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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B.
Katzenbach v. McClung
Katzenbach v. McClung is a 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the federal government’s power to prohibit racial discrimination in local restaurants under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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C.
Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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D.
Reed v. Reed
Reed v. Reed is a landmark 1971 U.S. Supreme Court case that for the first time struck down a law for discriminating on the basis of sex under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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E.
Craig v. Boren
Craig v. Boren is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that established intermediate scrutiny as the standard for evaluating gender-based classifications under the Equal Protection Clause.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shelley v. Kraemer Target entity description: Shelley v. Kraemer is a landmark 1948 U.S. Supreme Court case that held courts could not enforce racially restrictive housing covenants, marking a major civil rights victory against residential segregation.
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A.
Briggs v. Elliott
Briggs v. Elliott was a landmark federal court case from South Carolina challenging racial segregation in public schools, and it became one of the key cases consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education.
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B.
Katzenbach v. McClung
Katzenbach v. McClung is a 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the federal government’s power to prohibit racial discrimination in local restaurants under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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C.
Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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D.
Reed v. Reed
Reed v. Reed is a landmark 1971 U.S. Supreme Court case that for the first time struck down a law for discriminating on the basis of sex under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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E.
Craig v. Boren
Craig v. Boren is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that established intermediate scrutiny as the standard for evaluating gender-based classifications under the Equal Protection Clause.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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housing discrimination case ⓘ landmark civil rights case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
civil rights law
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constitutional law ⓘ property law ⓘ |
| arguedDate | 1948-01-15 ⓘ |
| citation |
334 U.S. 1
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68 S. Ct. 836 ⓘ 92 L. Ed. 1161 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvision |
Equal Protection Clause
ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
surface form:
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decidedWith | McGhee v. Sipes ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1948-05-03 ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 72 ⓘ |
| fullCaseName |
Shelley v. Kraemer
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
J.D. Shelley et ux. v. Louis Kraemer et ux.
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| historicalContext | pre–Brown v. Board of Education civil rights jurisprudence ⓘ |
| holding |
Judicial enforcement of racially restrictive covenants constitutes state action within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment
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State courts may not enforce racially restrictive covenants on real estate ⓘ |
| impact |
expanded the concept of state action to include judicial enforcement of private agreements
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limited the legal enforceability of racially restrictive covenants in the United States ⓘ marked a major civil rights victory against residential segregation ⓘ |
| joinedBy |
Felix Frankfurter
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Frank Murphy ⓘ Harold H. Burton ⓘ Hugo L. Black ⓘ Robert H. Jackson ⓘ Stanley Forman Reed ⓘ
surface form:
Stanley F. Reed
Tom C. Clark ⓘ William O. Douglas ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| legalIssue |
enforceability of racially restrictive covenants
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state action under the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ |
| locationOfProperty |
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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surface form:
St. Louis, Missouri
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| majorityOpinionBy |
Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson
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surface form:
Fred M. Vinson
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| opinionType | unanimous decision in relevant part ⓘ |
| party |
Ethel Shelley
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Fern Kraemer ⓘ J.D. Shelley ⓘ Louis Kraemer ⓘ |
| precedentFor |
cases challenging racially discriminatory housing practices
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later civil rights litigation concerning state action ⓘ |
| rearguedDate | 1948-02-09 ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | landmark decision in U.S. civil rights history ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Buchanan v. Warley
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Corrigan v. Buckley ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
racially restrictive housing covenants
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residential segregation ⓘ |
| term | 1947 Term ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Shelley v. Kraemer Description of subject: Shelley v. Kraemer is a landmark 1948 U.S. Supreme Court case that held courts could not enforce racially restrictive housing covenants, marking a major civil rights victory against residential segregation.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
J.D. Shelley et ux. v. Louis Kraemer et ux.
subject surface form:
Thurgood Marshall
this entity surface form:
Shelley v. Kraemer decision of 1948