While in some states, these laws were repealed as early as 1780, in sixteen states the laws were not repealed until a 1967 case, Loving vs. Virginia, in which an interracial couple who had married in Washington, D.C. were arrested in their own bedroom. 
Wakati katika majimbo mengine, sheria hizi zilibatilishwa mwanzoni mwa miaka ya 1780, katika majimbo 16 sheria hizi hazikuondoshwa mpaka wakati wa kesi ya mwaka 1967 , kati ya Loving na Virginia, ambapo wenzi hawa wa rangi tofauti waliokuwa wameoana mjini Washington, D.C walitiwa chini ya ulinzi kwenye chumba chao cha kulala.