Redlining & housing discrimination
Shelley v. Kraemer: the house on Labadie Avenue
Suit filed 1945; decided by the Supreme Court on 3 May 19484600 Labadie Avenue, St. Louis, MO
A St. Louis neighbour sued to evict the Shelley family from the house they had bought, using a racial covenant signed in 1911. The Supreme Court held that courts may not enforce such covenants.
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