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Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967), was a landmark civil rights decision of the U.S. Supreme Court which ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Nov 17, 2017 · Loving v. Virginia was a Supreme Court case that struck down state laws banning interracial marriage in the United States. The plaintiffs in the case were Richard and Mildred Loving, a...
Apr 11, 2024 · Loving v. Virginia, legal case, decided on June 12, 1967, in which the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously (9–0) struck down state antimiscegenation statutes in Virginia as unconstitutional under the equal protection and due process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. Learn more about the case.
Loving v. Virginia: A unanimous Court struck down state laws banning marriage between individuals of different races, holding that these anti-miscegenation statutes violated both the Due Process and the Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Loving v. Virginia. Media. Oral Argument - April 10, 1967. Opinions. Syllabus. View Case. Appellant. Loving et ux. Appellee. Virginia. Location. Virginia General Assembly. Docket no. 395. Decided by. Warren Court. Lower court. Supreme Court of Virginia. Citation. 388 US 1 (1967) Argued. Apr 10, 1967. Decided. Jun 12, 1967. Advocates.
The Court held that the Virginia law violated the Fourteenth Amendment because of the law’s clear purpose to create a race-based restriction. The Court reasoned that the law treated people differently based on race because it prohibited marriage based on the race of the other party to the marriage.
