🇺🇸 United States
📜 Civil Law
📅 1967
⭐ Landmark Case
Supreme Court
Loving v. Virginia
🏛 U.S. Supreme Court
Case Details
📋 Case Summary
Unanimously struck down laws banning interracial marriage as violations of the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.
⚖️ Final Judgment / Ruling
Unanimous ruling: state laws banning interracial marriage are unconstitutional.
💡 Why This Case Matters
Ended all race-based legal restrictions on marriage in the United States and became a key precedent for later marriage equality decisions.