Legal Challenge to Racially Restrictive Covenants in Ohio Deed Records
In 1948, the U.S. Supreme Court, in the landmark case of Shelley v. Kraemer, ruled that racially restrictive real estate covenants—once a prevalent practice in property deeds—were legally unenforceable in state and federal courts. While these covenants have been nullified and are considered legally inert, county recorders across the country continue to copy and transcribe […]