Loving v Virginia is a 1967 decision of the United States Supreme Court that struck down state laws banning interracial marriage. Richard Loving and Mildred Loving married in Washington DC, where their marriage was legal, and were prosecuted after returning to their home state of Virginia, which criminalized marriage between white and non-white residents. The Supreme Court unanimously held that Virginias anti-miscegenation statute violated both the Equal Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, because marriage is a fundamental right that cannot be restricted on the basis of race. The decision invalidated similar laws still on the books in more than a dozen states and remains a foundational precedent on marriage as a fundamental right.
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Decision Year Decision Date HoldingLoving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967), is a landmark civil rights decision of the United States Supreme Court which held that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. 2 Current StatusRemains good law; cited as precedent from 2013 in federal decisions striking down restrictions on same-sex marriage, including Obergefell v. Hodges (2015). 2 Case Status
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Source Loving v Virginia (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 2tier 2Quote, Lead sentence 2
Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967), is a landmark civil rights decision of the United States Supreme Court which held that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S.
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Source: landmark civil rights ruling, no indication of overrulingView the Source 2. Loving v Virginia (Wikipedia)
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Decided June 12, 1967
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Decided June 12, 1967
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Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967), is a landmark civil rights decision of the United States Supreme Court which held that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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the decision was cited as precedent in U.S. federal court decisions ruling that restrictions on same-sex marriage in the United States were unconstitutional
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Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967), is a landmark civil rights decision of the United States Supreme Court which held that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S.
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