Shelley v. Kraemer

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United States Supreme Court case housing discrimination case landmark civil rights case

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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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

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ housing discrimination case ⓘ landmark civil rights case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	civil rights law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ property law ⓘ
arguedDate	1948-01-15 ⓘ
citation	334 U.S. 1 ⓘ 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 ⓘ surface form: J.D. Shelley et ux. v. Louis Kraemer et ux.
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 ⓘ 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 ⓘ limited the legal enforceability of racially restrictive covenants in the United States ⓘ marked a major civil rights victory against residential segregation ⓘ
joinedBy	Felix Frankfurter ⓘ 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 ⓘ surface form: United States
legalIssue	enforceability of racially restrictive covenants ⓘ state action under the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
locationOfProperty	St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ surface form: St. Louis, Missouri
majorityOpinionBy	Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson ⓘ surface form: Fred M. Vinson
opinionType	unanimous decision in relevant part ⓘ
party	Ethel Shelley ⓘ Fern Kraemer ⓘ J.D. Shelley ⓘ Louis Kraemer ⓘ
precedentFor	cases challenging racially discriminatory housing practices ⓘ later civil rights litigation concerning state action ⓘ
rearguedDate	1948-02-09 ⓘ
recognizedAs	landmark decision in U.S. civil rights history ⓘ
relatedCase	Buchanan v. Warley ⓘ Corrigan v. Buckley ⓘ
subjectMatter	racially restrictive housing covenants ⓘ residential segregation ⓘ
term	1947 Term ⓘ

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