Hurd v. Hodge

Hurd v. Hodge
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
Chief Justice
Fred M. Vinson
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter · William O. Douglas
Frank Murphy · Robert H. Jackson
Wiley B. Rutledge · Harold H. Burton
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]

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  1. ↑ "Hurd v. Hodge, 334 U.S. 24 (1948)". Justia. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
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