Loving v. Virginia

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Loving v. Virginia is a landmark 1967 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down state laws banning interracial marriage, affirming marriage as a fundamental right under the Fourteenth Amendment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Fourteenth Amendment case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
civil rights case ⓘ
constitutional law case ⓘ
landmark decision ⓘ
areaOfLaw civil rights law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
family law ⓘ
arguedDate 1967-04-10 ⓘ
1967-04-11 ⓘ
citation 388 U.S. 1 ⓘ
constitutionalProvision Due Process Clause ⓘ
Equal Protection Clause ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
criminalChargeInOriginatingCase violation of Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage ⓘ
decisionDate 1967-06-12 ⓘ
decisionType unanimous decision ⓘ
fullName Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967) ⓘ
linked to: Loving v. Virginia
holding marriage is a fundamental right under the Due Process Clause ⓘ
racial classifications in marriage laws violate the Equal Protection Clause ⓘ
state laws banning interracial marriage are unconstitutional ⓘ
impact expanded constitutional protection for marriage as a fundamental right ⓘ
invalidated anti-miscegenation laws in all U.S. states ⓘ
strengthened strict scrutiny for racial classifications ⓘ
jurisdiction United States ⓘ
legalIssue Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
linked to: Due Process Clause

Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
constitutionality of state bans on interracial marriage ⓘ
locationOfOriginatingCase Caroline County, Virginia ⓘ
opinionAuthor Earl Warren ⓘ
opinionType majority opinion ⓘ
overturnedLaw Virginia Racial Integrity Act of 1924 ⓘ
Virginia statutes prohibiting interracial marriage ⓘ
petitioner Mildred Loving ⓘ
Richard Loving ⓘ
precedentFor cases involving the fundamental right to marry ⓘ
relatedCase Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
Obergefell v. Hodges ⓘ
relatedConcept civil rights movement ⓘ
marriage equality ⓘ
remedy prohibited states from enforcing bans on interracial marriage ⓘ
reversed criminal convictions of the Lovings ⓘ
respondent Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Virginia
subjectMatter anti-miscegenation laws ⓘ
fundamental right to marry ⓘ
interracial marriage ⓘ
vote 9-0 ⓘ
yearDecided 1967 ⓘ

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