Legal Opinion
Hurd v. Hodge
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 26, 1947No. 9196, 9197PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Associate Justice.
By these appeals we are once again called upon to determine the validity of a restrictive deed covenant expressed in the following terms: “Subject also to the covenants that said lot shall never be rented, leased, sold, transferred or conveyed unto any Negro or colored person, under a penalty of Two Thousand Dollars ($2000), which shall be a lien against said property.”
The area involved in these actions is the first 20 lots of the 100 Block of Bryant Street, Northwest, improved by dwellings known as 114 to 152 Bryant Street, Northwest. All of these lots and dwellings…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Corrigan v. BuckleySupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Fairchild v. RainesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944
- Corrigan v. BuckleyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1924
- Dooley v. Savannah Bank Trust CompanySupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
- Hundley v. GorewitzCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Hurd v. HodgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Lois Frolova v. Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- The People Of Saipan v. United States Department Of InteriorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
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