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Supreme Court lets enforcement of a racially restrictive housing covenant stand in Corrigan v. Buckley
In Corrigan v. Buckley, the Supreme Court declined to disturb the enforcement of a racially restrictive covenant in the District of Columbia, holding that the constitutional objections presented did not supply a substantial federal question for the appeal and leaving the covenant's enforcement intact.
President
Calvin Coolidge
Status
Failed
Topic
Courts / Housing / Civil Rights
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Documented outcome directions: Negative.
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In Corrigan v. Buckley, the Supreme Court declined to disturb the enforcement of a racially restrictive covenant in the District of Columbia, holding that the constitutional objections presented did not supply a substantial federal question for the appeal and leaving the covenant's enforcement intact.
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U.S. Government Publishing Office • Government