Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court decision

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gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:60_U.S._(19_How.)_393
gptkbp:consequence	increased tensions leading to the American Civil War invalidated the Missouri Compromise
gptkbp:date	1857-03-06
gptkbp:decision	landmark decision
gptkbp:defendant	gptkb:John_F._A._Sandford
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:Benjamin_R._Curtis gptkb:John_McLean
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Dred_Scott_v._Sandford
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 federal territories acquired after the creation of the United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court decision
gptkbp:judge	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States 9
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:relatedTo	gptkb:Brown_v._Board_of_Education gptkb:Plessy_v._Ferguson
gptkbp:subjectOf	gptkb:historical_event legal scholarship civil rights history
gptkbp:votingSystem	7-2
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