Legal Opinion
Erickson v. SUNSET MEMORIAL PARK ASSN., INC.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 24, 1961No. 38,091PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Murphy, Justice.
The plaintiffs, Ramona W. Erickson and David E. Erickson, prevailed in a declaratory judgment action in which the court below held that a restrictive covenant in a deed issued to the plaintiffs by the defendant, Sunset Memorial Park Association, Inc., which denied burial to one who was not a Caucasian was void under the statutes and public policy of the State of Minnesota. The defendant cemetery appeals.
The plaintiff Ramona W. Erickson is a full-blooded American Indian. Her husband, David E. Erickson, is a Caucasian. On August 26, 1955, the plaintiffs purchased a burial lot…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Bell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Civil Rights CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Barrows v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Rice v. Sioux City Memorial Park Cemetery, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Baker v. PloetzSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2000
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