Buchanan v. Warley

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Buchanan v. Warley is a 1917 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a Louisville racial zoning ordinance, marking an early constitutional limit on government-enforced residential segregation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
constitutional law case ⓘ
landmark civil rights case ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Buchanan v. Warley, 245 U.S. 60 (1917) ⓘ
linked to: Buchanan v. Warley
areaOfLaw civil rights law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
land use and zoning law ⓘ
property law ⓘ
challengedLaw Louisville racial zoning ordinance ⓘ
citation 245 U.S. 60 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
decidedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1917-11-05 ⓘ
decisionType unanimous decision ⓘ
fullCaseName Buchanan v. Warley ⓘ
hasJurisdiction United States ⓘ
historicalContext Jim Crow era ⓘ
linked to: Jim Crow laws
holding Louisville racial zoning ordinance violated the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
government-enforced racial residential segregation by zoning is unconstitutional ⓘ
impact constrained municipal power to enforce racial segregation through zoning ⓘ
limited the use of racial zoning ordinances in the United States ⓘ
set an early constitutional limit on government-enforced residential segregation ⓘ
legalIssue Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
due process clause ⓘ
freedom of contract ⓘ
racial zoning ordinance ⓘ
residential segregation ⓘ
municipalActionChallenged ordinance prohibiting Black people from buying property on majority-white blocks ⓘ
ordinance prohibiting white people from buying property on majority-Black blocks ⓘ
opinionBy Justice William R. Day ⓘ
originatingCity Louisville, Kentucky ⓘ
originatingState Kentucky ⓘ
partyRaceContext involved a white seller and a Black purchaser of property ⓘ
petitioner William Warley ⓘ
precedentFor later challenges to racially discriminatory housing laws ⓘ
limitations on explicit racial classifications in zoning ⓘ
relatedTo Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
Plessy v. Ferguson ⓘ
Shelley v. Kraemer ⓘ
respondent Charles H. Buchanan ⓘ
rightRecognized freedom of contract in real estate transactions ⓘ
property rights of Black purchasers ⓘ
subjectMatter individual property rights ⓘ
municipal police power ⓘ
racial segregation in housing ⓘ
typeOfSegregationAddressed de jure residential segregation ⓘ
yearDecided 1917 ⓘ

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Shelley v. Kraemer → relatedCase → Buchanan v. Warley ⓘ
Corrigan v. Buckley → precededBy → Buchanan v. Warley ⓘ
Buchanan v. Warley → fullCaseName → Buchanan v. Warley ⓘ
Buchanan v. Warley → alsoKnownAs → Buchanan v. Warley, 245 U.S. 60 (1917) ⓘ
linked to: Buchanan v. Warley
William Warley → notableFor → Buchanan v. Warley ⓘ
William Warley → significantEvent → Buchanan v. Warley (1917) ⓘ
linked to: Buchanan v. Warley
Charles H. Buchanan → notableFor → Buchanan v. Warley ⓘ