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Phineas Indritz, (August 3, 1916 – October 15, 1997) was an American constitutional
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active in the civil rights movement.


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Indritz was born in
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, on August 3, 1916, and graduated from the
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with an AB in 1936 and a JD in 1938. He died October 15, 1997, in
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.


Hurd v. Hodge

Indritz is most well known for representing the plaintiff in '' Hurd v. Hodge'' in front of the
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in 1948, alongside
Charles Hamilton Houston Charles Hamilton Houston (September 3, 1895 – April 22, 1950)Shelley v. Kraemer ''Shelley v. Kraemer'', 334 U.S. 1 (1948), is a landmark United States Supreme Court case that held that racially restrictive housing covenants (deed restrictions) cannot legally be enforced. The case arose after an African-American family purch ...
'', resulted in the court ruling that race-based restrictive property covenants were unconstitutional, a significant civil rights ruling six years before the ''
Brown v. Board of Education ''Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka'', 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the ...
'' case.


Women's Rights Movement

Indritz was active in the American women's rights movement, and was a founding member of the
National Organization for Women The National Organization for Women (NOW) is an American feminist organization. Founded in 1966, it is legally a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. The organization consists of 550 chapters in all 50 U.S. states and in Washington, D.C. It ...
. He was part of NOW's first Legal Committee, along with
Mary Eastwood Mary O. Eastwood (June 1, 1930 – October 10, 2015) was a pioneering American lawyer and civil rights advocate. In 1955, Eastwood graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School and then moved to Washington, D.C. Legal career After gra ...
, Catherine East, and Caruthers Berger.


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Founding Members of the National Organization for Women


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1916 births 1997 deaths People from Moline, Illinois University of Chicago alumni American civil rights lawyers American founders {{US-law-bio-stub