Equal Treatment Rights Equal Treatment Rights Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954): Does a non-white student have a right to attend a school that was intended only for white students? Loving v. Virginia (1967): Do couples of different races have a right to be married the same as couples of the same race have a right to be married? Frontiero v. Richardson (1973): Does a male spouse of a female military member have a right to be considered a dependent of his wife the same as a female spouse of a male military member is considered a dependent of her husband? San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez (1973): Does a student in a poor school district have a right to receive the same quality of education as a student in a rich school district? Michael M. v. Sonoma County Superior Court (1981): Does a minor male who has sex with a minor female have a right to be charged the same as a minor female who has sex with a minor male? United States v. Virginia (1996): Does a woman have a right to attend a traditionally all-male military academy? Vacco v. Quill (1997): Does a terminally ill patient have a right to get help from a doctor to end his/her life, just as any patient has the right to die by refusing food or life saving medicine? Obergefell v. Hodges (2015): Does a same sex couple have a right to be treated the same as an opposite sex couple regarding a marriage license and marriage recognition in other states? Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (2023): Does a student of one race have a right to be treated the same as a student from another race when applying to college? Return to all the Supreme Court cases.