Loving v. Virginia

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Fourteenth Amendment case United States Supreme Court case civil rights case constitutional law case landmark decision

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 ⓘ surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967)
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 of America ⓘ surface form: United States
legalIssue	Due Process Clause ⓘ surface form: Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause ⓘ surface form: 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	Virginia ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia
subjectMatter	anti-miscegenation laws ⓘ fundamental right to marry ⓘ interracial marriage ⓘ
vote	9-0 ⓘ
yearDecided	1967 ⓘ

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