Loving et Ux. v. Virginia

Decided June 12, 1967. Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 395 · 388 U.S. 1 (1967) · Cited 2,147 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. Williamson · 316 U.S. 535 (1942)
• Strauder v. West Virginia · 100 U.S. 303 (1880)
• Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
• Meyer v. Nebraska · 262 U.S. 390 (1923)
• Shelley v. Kraemer · 334 U.S. 1 (1948)
• Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority · 365 U.S. 715 (1961)
• Hirabayashi v. United States · 320 U.S. 81 (1943)
• Ex Parte Virginia · 100 U.S. 339 (1880)
• Korematsu v. United States · 323 U.S. 214 (1945)
• Allied Stores of Ohio, Inc. v. Bowers · 358 U.S. 522 (1959)
• Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. New York · 336 U.S. 106 (1949)

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• Zablocki v. Redhail · 434 U.S. 374 (1978)
• United States v. Skrmetti · 605 U.S. 495 (2025)
• Bowers v. Hardwick · 478 U.S. 186 (1986)
• Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey · 505 U.S. 833 (1992)
• Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena · 515 U.S. 200 (1995)
• Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization · 597 U.S. 215 (2022)
• Palmer v. Thompson · 403 U.S. 217 (1971)
• Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College · 600 U.S. 181 (2023)
• Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 · 551 U.S. 701 (2007)
• Washington v. Glucksberg · 521 U.S. 702 (1997)
• McDonald v. City of Chicago · 561 U.S. 742 (2010)
• Moore v. City of East Cleveland · 431 U.S. 494 (1977)
• Regents of the University of California v. Bakke · 438 U.S. 265 (1978)
• Lawrence v. Texas · 539 U.S. 558 (2003)
• Fullilove v. Klutznick · 448 U.S. 448 (1980)
• Wygant v. Jackson Board of Education · 476 U.S. 267 (1986)
• United States v. Windsor · 570 U.S. 744 (2013)
• Boy Scouts of America v. Dale · 530 U.S. 640 (2000)
• Flowers v. Mississippi · 588 U.S. 284 (2019)
• Kerry v. Din · 576 U.S. 86 (2015)
• Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin · 570 U.S. 297 (2013)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez · 411 U.S. 1 (1973)
• Shapiro v. Thompson · 394 U.S. 618 (1969)
• Boddie v. Connecticut · 401 U.S. 371 (1971)
• McCleskey v. Kemp · 481 U.S. 279 (1987)
• DeFunis v. Odegaard · 416 U.S. 312 (1974)
• United States v. Virginia · 518 U.S. 515 (1996)
• Michael H. v. Gerald D. · 491 U.S. 110 (1989)

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