In the case of Davis v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 1914, the U.S Supreme Court dealt with an issue regarding extradition laws. The petitioner, Davis was charged in Virginia for embezzlement but fled to West Virginia where he was arrested and held for extradition back to Virginia. He challenged his arrest and detention arguing that they were illegal because there wasn't sufficient evidence supporting his guilt on the charge of embezzlement as required by West Virginia law before a person can be extradited. However, the court ruled against him stating that once a state has jurisdiction over someone who is accused of committing a crime within its borders it retains that jurisdiction even if he flees to another state; hence no need for proof beyond reasonable doubt at this stage in order to extradite him back from another state where he had taken refuge after fleeing justice.

The dissenting opinion in Davis v. Commonwealth of Virginia argued that the majority's decision to uphold a state law prohibiting interracial marriage was inconsistent with the Fourteenth Amendment, which guarantees equal protection under the law. The dissent contended that this ruling violated an individual's fundamental right to marry and further perpetuated racial discrimination by legally enforcing segregation within personal relationships. They believed that such laws were not only unconstitutional but also detrimental to society as they fostered division and prejudice rather than unity and understanding among different races. Furthermore, they asserted that these laws infringed on personal liberty by dictating who one could or could not marry based solely on race, thereby overstepping governmental boundaries into private matters of love and family life.