Loving v. Virginia
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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
Ruling court: Supreme Court of the United States
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
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