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Morgan v. Virginia, 328 U.S. 373 (1946), is a major United States Supreme Court case. In this landmark 1946 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7–1 that Virginia's state law enforcing segregation on interstate buses was unconstitutional.
Boynton v. Virginia, 364 U.S. 454 (1960), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court. [1] The case overturned a judgment convicting an African American law student for trespassing by being in a restaurant in a bus terminal which was "whites only".
The case involved Richard Loving, a white man, and his wife Mildred Loving, a person of color. [a] In 1959, the Lovings were sentenced to prison for violating Virginia's Racial Integrity Act of 1924, which criminalized marriage between people classified as "white" and people classified as "colored". The prison sentence was suspended on ...
A century ago, Virginia's Racial Integrity Act became a model for segregation. The impact on Native people is still being felt. How Virginia Used Segregation Law to Erase Native Americans
Fifteen of the 98 cases coming through Virginia courtrooms involve Petersburg, according to data from the attorney general's office 15 'Ceasefire' cases in Virginia courts originated in Petersburg ...
Loving v. Virginia: Racial Segregation: 388 U.S. 1 (1967) state laws banning interracial marriage (anti-miscegenation laws) Berger v. New York: 388 U.S. 41 (1967) Telephone tapping in a bribery case, Fourth Amendment Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts: 388 U.S. 130 (1967) libel; effect of Sullivan on private figures United States v. Wade: 388 U.S ...
This case featured the first application of strict scrutiny to racial discrimination by the government. (Potentially overruled by Trump v. Hawaii (2018)) Morgan v. Virginia, 328 U.S. 373 (1946) A Virginia law that enforces segregation on interstate buses is unconstitutional. Shelley v.
Scull v. Virginia ex rel. Committee on Law Reform and Racial Activities, 359 U.S. 344 (1959), is a 9–0 ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States which held that a conviction violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution if the defendant is not given an opportunity "to determine whether he was within his rights in refusing to answer" an ...