Harmon v. Tyler
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1927 United States Supreme Court case
Harmon v. Tyler | |
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Argued March 8, 1927 Decided March 14, 1927 | |
Full case name | Benjamin or Ben Harmon v. Joseph W. Tyler |
Citations | 273 U.S. 668 (more) 47 S. Ct. 471; 71 L. Ed. 831; 1927 U.S. LEXIS 761 |
Holding | |
A New Orleans, Louisiana ordinance requiring residential segregation based on race violated the Fourteenth Amendment. | |
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Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. XIV |
Harmon v. Tyler, 273 U.S. 668 (1927), was a unanimous United States Supreme Court decision addressing racial segregation in residential areas. The Court held that a New Orleans, Louisiana ordinance requiring residential segregation based on race violated the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court relied on the authority of Buchanan v. Warley.[1]
References
- ^ Casner, A.J. et al. Cases and Text on Property. Aspen Publishers, New York, NY: 2004, p. 788
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