Hurd v. Hodge
Appearance
Hurd v. Hodge | |
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Argued January 15–16, 1948 Decided May 3, 1948 | |
Full case name | Hurd et al. v. Hodge et al., Urciolo et al. v. Same |
Citations | 334 U.S. 24 (more) |
Holding | |
The Fourteenth Amendment prohibits a federal court from enforcing restrictive covenants that would prohibit a person from owning or occupying property based on race or color. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Vinson, joined by Black, Douglas, Murphy, Burton |
Concurrence | Frankfurter |
Reed, Jackson and Rutledge took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. |
Hurd v. Hodge, 334 U.S. 24 (1948), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits a federal court from enforcing restrictive covenants that would prohibit a person from owning or occupying property based on race or color. A companion case to Shelley v. Kraemer, Hurd v. Hodge involved racially restrictive covenants on houses in the Bloomingdale neighborhood of Washington, D.C..[1]
See also
- List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 334
- Shelley v. Kraemer (1948), a companion case to Hurd v. Hodge
References
- ^ "Hurd v. Hodge, 334 U.S. 24 (1948)". Justia. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
External links
- Works related to Hurd v. Hodge at Wikisource
- Text of Hurd v. Hodge is available from: Justia
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