Home > Great American Court Cases > Loving v. Commonwealth of Virginia

Legal Citation: 388 U.S. 1 (1967)

Appellants
Mildred Jeter Loving, Richard Perry Loving

Appellee
Commonwealth of Virginia

Appellants' Claim
That Virginia miscegenation statutes violate the equal protection and the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clauses.

Chief Lawyer for Appellants
Bernard S. Cohen

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
R. D. McIlwaine III

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black, William J. Brennan, Jr., William O. Douglas, Abe Fortas, John Marshall Harlan II, Potter Stewart, Earl Warren (writing for the Court), Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
None (Thurgood Marshall did not participate)

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
12 June 1967

Decision
The previous convictions were reversed.

Significance
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