LSAT 31, Reading Comprehension, Q8, LSATHacks

RC Question 8 Explanation, by LSATHacks

DISCUSSION: Shelley v. Kraemer was a housing case. Marshall used sociological data to show that individual private decisions could create a broad pattern of discrimination. See lines 50-54.

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1. Shelley wasn’t about schools, it was about housing.
2. CORRECT. Lines 50-54 say this directly. 
3. Marshall was arguing that we should apply the law to private transactions.
4. The data didn’t mention finances. We only know there was pervasive discrimination due to the decisions of individual landlords.
5. Shelley was a housing case. The data didn’t mention schools. 

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