Court Case
Buchanan v. Warley
The Supreme Court struck down a Louisville residential segregation ordinance that barred Black people from buying property on majority-white blocks and white people from buying property on majority-Black blocks.
Year
1917
Impact
Positive
Status
Active
Party
Unknown
Era
Jim Crow and Disenfranchisement
Impact Context
Blocked one form of legally mandated residential segregation, though private covenants and other discriminatory housing practices continued.
What This Policy Did
Blocked one form of legally mandated residential segregation, though private covenants and other discriminatory housing practices continued.
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Sources
Buchanan v. Warley, 245 U.S. 60 (1917)
U.S. Government Publishing Office • Government
United States Reports entry