Legal Opinion
Shelley v. Kraemer
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 3, 1948No. 72PublishedCited by 1,875 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Vinson
These cases present for our consideration questions relating to the validity of court enforcement of private agreements, generally described as restrictive covenants, which have as their purpose the exclusion of persons of designated race or color from the ownership or. occupancy of real property. Basic constitutional issues of obvious importance have been raised.
The first of these cases comes to this Court on certiorari to the Supreme Court of Missouri. On February 16, 1911, thirty out of a total of thirty-nine owners of property fronting both sides of Labadie Avenue between Taylor Avenue…
2Cases cited60 opinions
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