Dred Scott v. John F. A. Sandford

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Dred_Scott_decision
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:60_U.S._(19_How.)_393
gptkbp:date	1857-03-06
gptkbp:defendant	gptkb:John_F._A._Sandford
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:Benjamin_R._Curtis gptkb:John_McLean
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:judge	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Roger_B._Taney
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Roger_B._Taney
gptkbp:overruledBy	gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866 gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:plaintiff	gptkb:Dred_Scott
gptkbp:predecessor	debates on civil rights and citizenship
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:American_Civil_War gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1866 gptkb:Missouri_Compromise gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:citizenship gptkb:constitutional_law slavery
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Dred_Scott_v._Sandford_decision
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Dred Scott v. John F. A. Sandford