Hansberry v. Lee

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:category United States Supreme Court cases of the Hughes Court
1940 in United States case law
gptkbp:citation 311 U.S. 32
gptkbp:date November 12, 1940
gptkbp:decision Judgment reversed
gptkbp:docketNumber 84
gptkbp:heldBy Due process was violated by enforcing a class action judgment against parties not adequately represented
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hansberry v. Lee
gptkbp:involvedLaw gptkb:Due_Process_Clause
gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:location gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Felix_Frankfurter
gptkbp:petitioner Carl Hansberry
gptkbp:predecessor class action due process requirements
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Lorraine_Hansberry
Hansberry family
gptkbp:response Anna M. Lee
gptkbp:significance Set precedent for adequate representation in class actions
gptkbp:subject racially restrictive covenants
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:racial_covenants
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8