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Equal Protection And The Racial Restrictive Covenant: A Reevaluation Apr 1955

Equal Protection And The Racial Restrictive Covenant: A Reevaluation

Indiana Law Journal

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Constitutional Law—Enforceability Of Racial Restrictive Covenants By Court Action. [United States Supreme Court], William H. Wade Sep 1949

Constitutional Law—Enforceability Of Racial Restrictive Covenants By Court Action. [United States Supreme Court], William H. Wade

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Judicial Enforcement Of Restrictive Covenants In The United States, Yi-Seng Kiang Feb 1949

Judicial Enforcement Of Restrictive Covenants In The United States, Yi-Seng Kiang

Washington Law Review

On May 3, 1948 the Supreme Court of the United States handed down two decisions prohibiting judicial enforcement of racial restrictive covenants on real property. It has been a peculiar feature of American life that residential segregation of designated minority groups from certain prescribed areas is a common practice in all major cities. This policy of racial discrimination at first was enforced by municipal ordinance, beginmng with that of Baltimore in 1910, and quickly followed by Atlanta, Richmond, Louisville, and other cities, until it was held unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1917. Thereafter restrictive covenants became the principal weapon …

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