Dred Scott v. Sandford

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United States Supreme Court case constitutional law case landmark court decision

Dred Scott v. Sandford was an 1857 U.S. Supreme Court decision that infamously denied citizenship and constitutional rights to African Americans and helped accelerate tensions leading to the Civil War.

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Label	Occurrences
Dred Scott v. Sandford canonical	18
Dred Scott decision	2
Dred Scott case	1
Dred Scott decision denying citizenship to African Americans	1
Dred Scott trials	1
Dred Scott v. John F. A. Sandford	1
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)	1
Dred Scott v. Sandford held that African Americans could not be citizens of the United States	1
Dred Scott v. Sandford intensified sectional conflict over slavery in the United States	1
Scott v. Sandford	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ constitutional law case ⓘ landmark court decision ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Dred Scott v. Sandford ⓘ surface form: Dred Scott case Dred Scott v. Sandford ⓘ surface form: Dred Scott decision
chiefJusticeAtTime	Roger Brooke Taney ⓘ surface form: Roger B. Taney
citation	60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 (1857) ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ Article IV of the United States Constitution ⓘ Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1857-03-06 ⓘ
defendant	John F. A. Sandford ⓘ
effect	heightened sectional tensions between North and South ⓘ helped accelerate events leading to the American Civil War ⓘ invalidated federal restrictions on slavery in certain territories ⓘ
fullName	Dred Scott v. Sandford self-link ⓘ
historicalContext	pre–American Civil War era ⓘ
impactOnCitizenshipLaw	denied U.S. citizenship to persons of African descent ⓘ
impactOnCivilRights	denied federal constitutional protections to African Americans ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal question jurisdiction ⓘ
keyConcept	property rights in enslaved persons ⓘ substantive due process ⓘ
legalIssue	African American citizenship ⓘ constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise ⓘ slavery in United States territories ⓘ standing to sue in federal court ⓘ
majorityHolding	African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be citizens of the United States ⓘ Congress lacked power to prohibit slavery in the federal territories ⓘ Dred Scott, as an African American slave, lacked standing to sue in federal court ⓘ The Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Roger Brooke Taney ⓘ surface form: Roger B. Taney
originatedIn	Missouri Supreme Court ⓘ surface form: Missouri state courts
overruledBy	Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
party	Dred Scott ⓘ John F. A. Sandford ⓘ
plaintiff	Dred Scott ⓘ
regardedAs	one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history ⓘ
relatedTo	American Civil War ⓘ Missouri Compromise ⓘ surface form: Missouri Compromise of 1820 Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ
subjectMatter	civil rights ⓘ federalism ⓘ slavery ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ
unitedStatesReportsPage	393 ⓘ
volumeOfUnitedStatesReports	60 U.S. ⓘ

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