Hansberry v. Lee, 311 U.S. 32 (1940)

CTL-E-0915 · Policy · 1927-1940

Verified evidence grade of this record

Supreme Court reversal on res judicata grounds of a Woodlawn restrictive-covenant case; cracked but did not void the covenant system.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from BVM-005; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-BVM-005:policy-hansberry-v-lee; source research type(s): policy.

Sources

aggregatelitigation.com (opinion text); Wikipedia (primary source)
aggregatelitigation.com (opinion text) (primary source)

Record CTL-E-0915 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: Verified · CTL research: BVM-005.
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