Corrigan v. Buckley
| Corrigan et al. v. Buckley | |
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| Argued January 8, 1926 Decided May 24, 1926 | |
| Full case name | Corrigan et al. v. Buckley |
| Citations | 271 U.S. 323 (more) 46 S. Ct. 521; 70 L. Ed. 969 |
| Holding | |
| This decision dismissed any constitutional grounds for challenges racially restrictive covenants and upheld the legal right of property owners to enforce these discriminatory agreements. | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Sanford, joined by unanimous |
Overruled by | |
| Shelley v. Kraemer (1948) | |
Corrigan v. Buckley, 271 U.S. 323 (1926), was a US Supreme Court case in 1926 that ruled that the racially-restrictive covenant of multiple residents on S Street NW, between 18th Street and New Hampshire Avenue, in Washington, DC, was a legally-binding document that made the selling of a house to a black family a void contract. This ruling set the precedent upholding racially restrictive covenants in Washington; soon after this ruling, racially restrictive covenants flourished around the nation. Subsequently, in Shelley v. Kraemer (1948) the court reconsidered such covenants and found that racially restrictive covenants are unenforceable.