The appellate court judge involved in this case, Leon Brazille, cited Johann Blumberbach in his decision.
The appellate court judge involved in this case, Leon Brazille, cited Johann Blumberbach in his decision. A similar law from Arizona was previously upheld in Kirby vs. Kirby, while the Monks case also upheld the Arizona statute.  A previous case that had a similar decision was Perez v. Sharp, and this case extended a decision made three years earlier in Laughlin v. Florida. This case overturned Pace v. Alabama, and the unanimous decision by Earl Warren stated that the law in question had no "overriding purpose independent of invidious racial discrimination".  FTP, name this 1967 Supreme Court decision that struck down Virginia's Racial Integrity Act and all bans on interracial marriage.
The appellate court judge involved in this case, Leon Brazille, cited Johann Blumberbach in his decision.
{Loving} v. Virginia