George L. Vaughn (circa 1880 – August 24, 1949) was an American lawyer and judge active in St. Louis, Missouri.
[1] As a lawyer, he was involved in a prominent civil rights case involving housing discrimination, most notably Shelley v. Kraemer, in which the eviction of an African American family from a white neighborhood was upheld by the Missouri Supreme Court but subsequently overruled by the U.S. Supreme Court.
[4] Vaughn was part of the Mound City Bar Association of African American lawyers.
[5] Vaughn was appointed Assistant Attorney General in Missouri.
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