While in some states, these laws were repealed as early as 1780, in sixteen states the laws were not repealed until a 1967 case, Loving vs. Virginia, in which an interracial couple who had married in Washington, D.C. were arrested in their own bedroom.
Mientras que en otros estados estas leyes fueron revocadas en 1780, en 16 estados las leyes no fueron revocadas hasta un caso de 1967, Loving vs. Virginia, en el que una pareja interracial que se habìa casado en Washington, D.C. fue arrestada en su propio dormitorio.