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

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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
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
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gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Dred Scott, Plaintiff in Error v. John F. A. Sandford