Corrigan v. Buckley 271 U.S. 323 (1926)
CORRIGAN v. BUCKLEY 271 U.S. 323 (1926)
Reviewing a restrictive covenant case from the district of columbia, the Supreme Court unanimously held that it presented no substantial constitutional question. The Court dismissed Fifth and fourteenth amendment claims because they referred to government and state, not individual, actions. (Surprisingly, the Court failed to mention that the Fourteenth did not apply in the District.) Although these amendments provide for equal rights, they did not in any manner prohibit or invalidate contracts entered into by private individuals in respect to the control and disposition of their own property. The Court therefore dismissed the case for want of jurisdiction.
David Gordon
(1986)
(see also: Shelley v. Kraemer; State Action.)
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