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Supreme Court bars judicial enforcement of racially restrictive covenants in Shelley v. Kraemer
In Shelley v. Kraemer, the Supreme Court held that while private parties could enter racially restrictive covenants, state-court enforcement of those covenants constituted state action and could not be reconciled with the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
President
Harry S. Truman
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Partial
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Courts / Housing / Civil Rights
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In Shelley v. Kraemer, the Supreme Court held that while private parties could enter racially restrictive covenants, state-court enforcement of those covenants constituted state action and could not be reconciled with the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Library of Congress • Government
Library of Congress • Government