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|date=1948
|date=1948
|subject=Constitutional Law
|subject=Constitutional Law
|case_treatment=No
|facts=Some people made a contract not to allow Blacks to live in a certain neighborhood.  When a Black person bought some land in the neighborhood, they sought judicial remedy.
|facts=Some people made a contract not to allow Blacks to live in a certain neighborhood.  When a Black person bought some land in the neighborhood, they sought judicial remedy.


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|holding=Yes, equal protection has been denied by the State's actions.
|holding=Yes, equal protection has been denied by the State's actions.
|reasons=The actions of state courts and judicial officers in their official capacities are to be regarded as action of the State within the meaning of the 14th amendment.
|reasons=The actions of state courts and judicial officers in their official capacities are to be regarded as action of the State within the meaning of the 14th amendment.
|rule=A judicial enforcement by a <span style="background:yellow">state court</span> of a private covenant constitutes state action.
|rule=A judicial enforcement by a state court of a private covenant constitutes state action.
|case_text_links={{Infobox Case Brief/Case Text Link
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|link=https://www.quimbee.com/cases/shelley-v-kraemer
|link=https://www.quimbee.com/cases/shelley-v-kraemer
|source_type=Video summary
|case_text_source=Quimbee video summary
|case_text_source=Quimbee
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