Hansberry v. Lee
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hansberry-v-lee-200-14717841
title:
Hansberry v. Lee
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Hansberry V. Lee, 311 U.S. 32 (1940), is a famous and commonly-used case in civil procedure classes for teaching that res judicata does not apply to an individual whose interests were not adequately represented in a prior class action. The case was successfully argued by the civil rights attorney Earl B. Dickerson. The facts of the case dealt with a racially-restrictive covenant, which barred African Americans from purchasing or leasing land in the Washington Park Subdivision of Chicago's Woodla
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1940 United States Supreme Court case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansberry_v._Lee
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2024-03-10T22:30:17Z
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