List of fourteenth amendment cases determined under the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment.
Upheld the constitutionality of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (1964)
Banned anti-miscegenation laws
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Changed Brown's requirement of desegregation "with all deliberate speed" to one of "desegregation now"
Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education (1969)
Establish bussing as a solution
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971)
"Brown v. Board of Education was not written for blacks alone", desegregation of Asian schools in opposition to parents of Asian students
Guey Heung Lee v. Johnson (1971)
Rejected bussing across school district lines
Milliken v. Bradley (1974)
Although race could be used alongside other variables in college admissions, racial quotas under affirmative action are unlawful.
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
The use of race as the only determining factor for allocating students to schools was rejected.
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1(2007)
The United States Supreme Court ruled that marriage is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment, and therefore must be afforded to same-sex couples.