Dred Scott v. Sandford

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Dred_Scott_decision
gptkbp:category African-American history
United States Supreme Court cases
1857 in United States case law
Slavery case law
gptkbp:citation gptkb:60_U.S._(19_How.)_393
subsequent civil rights cases
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Missouri
gptkbp:date 1857-03-06
gptkbp:decision landmark decision
controversial decision
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:John_F._A._Sandford
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Benjamin_R._Curtis
gptkb:John_McLean
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Dred_Scott,_Plaintiff_in_Error_v._John_F._A._Sandford
gptkbp:heldBy African Americans could not be American citizens
Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Dred Scott v. Sandford
gptkbp:impact increased tensions leading to the American Civil War
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
9
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Roger_B._Taney
gptkbp:legalSubject gptkb:citizenship
gptkb:Missouri_Compromise
slavery
gptkbp:location gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Roger_B._Taney
gptkbp:overruledBy gptkb:Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Dred_Scott
gptkbp:predecessor debates on citizenship and civil rights
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education
gptkb:Plessy_v._Ferguson
gptkbp:subject gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkb:Slavery_in_the_United_States
Civil rights
gptkbp:votingSystem 7-2
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4