Shelley v. Kraemer
United States Supreme Court
334 U.S. 1 (1948)
Relevant factsFree
Thirty St. Louis property owners had signed a 1911 racially restrictive covenant barring non-Caucasian residents; the Shelleys (defendants), a Black family, bought a covered property without knowledge of the covenant, and neighboring white owners (plaintiffs) sued to enforce it, ultimately winning in the Missouri Supreme Court.
IssueFree
Whether the enforcement of a racially restrictive covenant by a state court amounts to state action in violation of the Equal Protection Clause.