Shelley v. Kraemer

The 1948 Supreme Court decision of Shelley v. Kraemer held that it is unconstitutional for the government to enforce restrictive covenants that exclude persons on the basis of race. The case was heard after the Shelley family was sued by neighbors to keep them from taking possession of a nearby property containing a restrictive covenant barring African-Americans and Asians from owning the property.
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