... of the Fourteenth Amendment for the State of Virginia to make it unlawful to marry solely on the basis of racial classifications. Facts: Mildred Jeter, a black woman, and Richard Loving, a white man, married in the District of Columbia in accommodation to its laws as of 1958. When returning to Virginia as married residents, Lovings was indicted for violations of interracial marriages ... . Reasons: The court found the laws of Virginia discriminatory of race. They reflected regulations regarding restrictions of marriage only outside the boundaries of whites. Therefore, these laws were see...

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