Shelley v. Kraemer

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:case_analysis Analyzed under the Equal Protection Clause
Used in law schools as a case study
Relevant to discussions on systemic racism
gptkbp:case_number Originated in Missouri state courts
gptkbp:case_outcome Unanimous decision
Affirmed lower court's ruling
Promoted desegregation in housing
gptkbp:case_significance Set a precedent for future cases regarding discrimination
gptkbp:case_types Civil case
gptkbp:consequences Invalidated racially restrictive housing practices
gptkbp:decided_by gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
May 3, 1948
gptkbp:dissenting_opinion gptkb:Justice_Jackson
gptkb:Justice_Frankfurter
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:Post-World_War_II_America
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Shelley v. Kraemer
gptkbp:impact gptkb:Fair_Housing_Act_of_1968
Housing discrimination laws
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkb:14th_Amendment
gptkbp:involved_parties Shelley family
Kraemer family
gptkbp:is_cited_in Numerous subsequent court cases
334 U. S. 1 (1948)
gptkbp:judicial_review Judicial review of state actions
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:legal_issue Racially restrictive covenants
gptkbp:legal_outcome Declared unconstitutional enforcement of racial covenants
gptkbp:legal_principle Equal protection under the law
gptkbp:legal_representation gptkb:NAACP_Legal_Defense_Fund
gptkbp:legislation Housing and Urban Development Act
gptkbp:notable_quote " The law cannot control the mind of a man..."
gptkbp:outcome Court ruled that racially restrictive covenants are unenforceable in state courts
gptkbp:precedent Subsequent civil rights legislation
gptkbp:public_perception gptkb:Justice_Felix_Frankfurter
gptkbp:public_reaction Mixed reactions from the public
gptkbp:related_cases gptkb:Hurd_v._Hodge
gptkb:Mc_Ghee_v._Sipes
gptkbp:related_concept gptkb:Constitution
Real estate law
Social change
Social justice
Civil liberties
Legal history
Property law
Constitutional interpretation
Legal equality
Legal precedent
Anti-discrimination laws
Judicial review process
Judicial activism
Civil rights enforcement
American jurisprudence
Discrimination law
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkbp:scholarly_analysis Extensively analyzed in legal literature
gptkbp:significance Landmark case in civil rights law
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:the_NAACP
gptkb:NAACP_Legal_Defense_Fund
gptkb:National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Colored_People
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:NAACP
gptkb:Chief_Justice_Charles_Evans_Hughes
gptkb:Harlan_F._Stone
gptkb:Harlan_Fiske_Stone
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4