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Kraemer, 334 U.S. 1 (1948), is a landmark [1] United States Supreme Court case that held that racially restrictive housing covenants (deed restrictions) cannot legally be enforced. The case arose after an African-American family purchased a house in St. Louis that was subject to a restrictive covenant preventing "people of the Negro or ...
A deed restriction is a legal stipulation written into the deed of a property that dictates certain conditions or limitations on use. These restrictions can range from architectural guidelines to ...
Filed more than a year ago by a group of University Heights residents, the lawsuit aimed to enforce deed restrictions on lots on the northwest corner of National Avenue and Sunshine Street that ...
The neighbors were looking to enforce 100-year-old deed restrictions on lots on the northwest corner of National Avenue and Sunshine Street owned by Be Kind & Merciful. The restrictions, limiting ...
Thus, deed restrictions and restrictive covenants became an important instrument for enforcing racial segregation in most towns and cities, becoming widespread in the 1920s and proliferating until they were declared unenforceable in 1948 [23] in the Supreme Court case Shelley v. Kraemer.
ENFORCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANT Certain prescribed parties may seek civil action to enforce aspects of the environmental covenants. SECTION 12. REGISTRY; SUBSTITUTE NOTICE This section is intended to name the governmental agency which will maintain a master registry of all environmental covenants as a public record.
A week before the University Heights deed restriction lawsuit heads to trial, the judge has filed a decision on dismissal. Judge dismisses only part of University Heights deed restriction case ...
Furthermore, age-restricted communities are often established as deed-restricted communities with Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (CC&Rs, which see) or a home owners' association (HOA, which also see), under the developer's control until turned over to the Lot Owners to elect their own HOA board and administer the CC&Rs that govern the ...