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Richard Perry LOVING et ux., Appellantsv.COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIANo. 395
from Part IV - Intimate Choice and Autonomy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 April 2022
Argued April 10, 1967.Decided June 12, 1967.
Davis, J. delivered the opinion of the Court.*
Appellants challenge a statutory scheme adopted by the Commonwealth of Virginia to prevent marriages between persons whom the Commonwealth assigns to different racial classifications. We conclude that the scheme cannot stand, for it violates principles expressed in our founding documents and definitively embraced when the Nation was reconstructed by constitutional amendment after Confederate secession and Civil War. More specifically, such a statute fails to respect the dignity and autonomy of free people, and it violates our obligation of equal protection and respect for every member of our society.
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