Dred Scott, Plaintiff in Error v. John F. A. Sandford

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Dred_Scott_v._Sandford
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:60_U.S._(19_How.)_393
gptkbp:date	1857-03-06
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant	gptkb:John_F._A._Sandford
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:John_McLean gptkb:Benjamin_Robbins_Curtis
gptkbp:heldBy	African Americans could not be American citizens and had no standing to sue in federal court The federal government had no power to regulate slavery in the territories acquired after the creation of the United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Dred Scott, Plaintiff in Error v. John F. A. Sandford
gptkbp:impact	increased tensions leading to the American Civil War
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Roger_B._Taney
gptkbp:legalSubject	gptkb:citizenship slavery federalism
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Roger_B._Taney
gptkbp:overruledBy	gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:plaintiff	gptkb:Dred_Scott
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:American_Civil_War gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment gptkb:Missouri_Compromise
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Dred_Scott_v._Sandford
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5