Harmon v. Tyler

Harmon v. Tyler
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 8, 1927 Decided March 14, 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
Holding
A New Orleans, Louisiana ordinance requiring residential segregation based on race violated the Fourteenth Amendment.
Court membership
Chief Justice William H. Taft Associate Justices Oliver W. Holmes, Jr. · Willis Van Devanter James C. McReynolds · Louis Brandeis George Sutherland · Pierce Butler Edward T. Sanford · Harlan F. Stone
Case opinions
Per curiam.
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV

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.^[1]

References

1. Casner, A.J. et al. Cases and Text on Property. Aspen Publishers, New York, NY: 2004, p. 788