Shelley v. Kraemer
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shelley-v-kraemer-202-17428840
title:
Shelley v. Kraemer
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Shelley v. Kraemer, 334 U.S. 1 (1948), is a landmark United States Supreme Court case that held that racially restrictive housing covenants cannot legally be enforced. The case arose after an African-American family purchased a house in St. Louis that was subject to a restrictive covenant preventing "people of the Negro or Mongolian Race" from occupying the property. The purchase was challenged in court by a neighboring resident and was blocked by the Supreme Court of Missouri before going to th
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1948 United States Supreme Court case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelley_v._Kraemer
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2024-02-25T17:41:38Z
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