End date 1927 | ||
Full case name Benjamin or Ben Harmon v. Joseph W. Tyler Citations 273 U.S. 668 (more)
47 S. Ct. 471; 71 L. Ed. 831; 1927 U.S. LEXIS 761 | ||
Harmon v. Tyler, 273 U.S. 668 (1927), was a unanimous United States Supreme Court decision addressing racial segregation in residential areas. The Court held that a New Orleans, Louisiana ordinance requiring residential segregation based on race violated the Fourteenth Amendment. The Court relied on the authority of Buchanan v. Warley.
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