The Supreme Court struck down state laws in the cases Brown v.Board of Education and Pavan v.Smith because the statutes in question

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In both Brown v. Board of Education and Pavan v. Smith, the state laws in question were found to be unconstitutional because they denied citizens equal protection of the law. Brown v. Board of Education struck down state laws that allowed for separate but equal educational facilities for African American students, while Pavan v. Smith struck down an Arkansas law that restricted the ability of same-sex couples to have both names on a child's birth certificate. In both cases, the Supreme Court found that the state laws violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

The Supreme Court Struck Down State Laws in the Cases