US 3 (1883), the principle has become firmly embedded in our constitutional law that the action inhibited by the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment is only such action as may fairly be said to be that of the States. That Amendment erects no shield... Hearings - Page 53by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rules - 1967Full view - About this book
| United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1948 - 1084 pages
...section of the Fourteenth Amendment is only such action as may fairly be said to be that of the States. That Amendment erects no shield against merely private conduct, however discriminatory or wrongful. 12 We conclude, therefore, that the restrictive agreements standing alone cannot be regarded as violative... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - Administrative procedure - 1957 - 956 pages
...first section of the 14th amendment is only such action as may fairly be said to be that of the States. That amendment erects no shield against merely private conduct, however discriminatory or wrongful." Even so vigorous a proponent of civil rights as Mr. Justice Douglas, writing for the maiority in Screws... | |
| United States Commission on Civil Rights - Discrimination in housing - 1959 - 216 pages
...concerning discrimination in housing. On the other hand, the Court has always made clear that the Fourteenth Amendment "erects no shield against merely private conduct, however discriminatory or wrongful." The many cases in the courts dealing with city, State and Federal housing programs involve the question... | |
| United States Commission on Civil Rights - Civil rights - 1959 - 696 pages
...concerning discrimination in housing. On the other hand, the Court has always made clear that the Fourteenth Amendment "erects no shield against merely private conduct, however discriminatory or wrongful." n The cases examined below involve the question of drawing the line between what is prohibited official... | |
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