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LOVING V. VIRGINIA, 388 U. S. 1 (1967)
388 U. S. 1U.S. Supreme Court
Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967)
Loving v. Virginia
No. 395
Argued April 10, 1967
Decided June 12, 1967
388 U.S. 1
Syllabus
Virginia's statutory scheme to prevent marriages between persons solely on the basis of racial classifications held to violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. Pp. 388 U. S. 4-12.
206 Va. 924, 147 S.E.2d 78, reversed. clubjuris