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A case in which the Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits governments from discriminating against individuals on the basis of race.
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Loving v. Virginia

Court case
Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1, 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.... Wikipedia
Date decided: June 12, 1967
Wife: Mildred Jeter
Argument: Oral argument
Citations: 388 U.S. 1 (more)87 S. Ct. 1817; 18 L. Ed. 2d 1010; 1967 U.S. LEXIS 1082
Concurrence: Stewart
Majority: Warren, joined by unanimous

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