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Supreme Court Decision on Real Estate Covenants Has First Application in Chicago

May 7, 1948
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The Supreme Court’s decision barring court enforcement of restrictive covenants was invoked here for the first time today when Superior Judge Padden dismissed an injunction which would have prevented a Negro family from taking possession of a house they purchased on Chicago’s South Side.

In upholding the family’s right to move into the house, Padden declared: "The supreme Court’s decision that restrictive covenants are not enforceable in the courts is very definite and left no room for argument. Restrictive covenants are at an end"

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