Dred Scott v. Sandford
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Dred Scott v. Sandford was an 1857 U.S. Supreme Court decision that infamously denied citizenship and constitutional rights to African Americans and helped accelerate tensions leading to the Civil War.
All labels observed (10)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T434615 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dred Scott v. Sandford Context triple: [Due Process Clause, interpretedInCase, Dred Scott v. Sandford]
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Paul v. Virginia
Paul v. Virginia is an 1869 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held corporations are not “citizens” under the Constitution’s Privileges and Immunities Clause, allowing states to regulate foreign insurance companies.
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Worcester v. Georgia
Worcester v. Georgia was an 1832 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that states had no authority to impose laws on Native American tribal lands, affirming tribal sovereignty in the face of federal Indian Removal policies.
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C.
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia was an 1831 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Cherokee Nation was a "domestic dependent nation" lacking standing to sue as a foreign nation, a ruling that shaped federal Indian law and the context of Indian Removal.
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D.
Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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E.
Gibbons v. Ogden
Gibbons v. Ogden was an 1824 U.S. Supreme Court case that broadly affirmed federal power over interstate commerce, significantly strengthening national authority relative to the states.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dred Scott v. Sandford Target entity description: Dred Scott v. Sandford was an 1857 U.S. Supreme Court decision that infamously denied citizenship and constitutional rights to African Americans and helped accelerate tensions leading to the Civil War.
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A.
Paul v. Virginia
Paul v. Virginia is an 1869 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held corporations are not “citizens” under the Constitution’s Privileges and Immunities Clause, allowing states to regulate foreign insurance companies.
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B.
Worcester v. Georgia
Worcester v. Georgia was an 1832 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that states had no authority to impose laws on Native American tribal lands, affirming tribal sovereignty in the face of federal Indian Removal policies.
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C.
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia was an 1831 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Cherokee Nation was a "domestic dependent nation" lacking standing to sue as a foreign nation, a ruling that shaped federal Indian law and the context of Indian Removal.
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D.
Bolling v. Sharpe
Bolling v. Sharpe is a 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case that held racial segregation in Washington, D.C. public schools unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
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E.
Gibbons v. Ogden
Gibbons v. Ogden was an 1824 U.S. Supreme Court case that broadly affirmed federal power over interstate commerce, significantly strengthening national authority relative to the states.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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constitutional law case ⓘ landmark court decision ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dred Scott v. Sandford
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surface form:
Dred Scott case
Dred Scott v. Sandford ⓘ
surface form:
Dred Scott decision
|
| chiefJusticeAtTime |
Roger Brooke Taney
ⓘ
surface form:
Roger B. Taney
|
| citation | 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 (1857) ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Article III of the United States Constitution
ⓘ
Article IV of the United States Constitution ⓘ Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1857-03-06 ⓘ |
| defendant | John F. A. Sandford ⓘ |
| effect |
heightened sectional tensions between North and South
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helped accelerate events leading to the American Civil War ⓘ invalidated federal restrictions on slavery in certain territories ⓘ |
| fullName | Dred Scott v. Sandford self-link ⓘ |
| historicalContext | pre–American Civil War era ⓘ |
| impactOnCitizenshipLaw | denied U.S. citizenship to persons of African descent ⓘ |
| impactOnCivilRights | denied federal constitutional protections to African Americans ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal question jurisdiction ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
property rights in enslaved persons
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substantive due process ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
African American citizenship
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constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise ⓘ slavery in United States territories ⓘ standing to sue in federal court ⓘ |
| majorityHolding |
African Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be citizens of the United States
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Congress lacked power to prohibit slavery in the federal territories ⓘ Dred Scott, as an African American slave, lacked standing to sue in federal court ⓘ The Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy |
Roger Brooke Taney
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surface form:
Roger B. Taney
|
| originatedIn |
Missouri Supreme Court
ⓘ
surface form:
Missouri state courts
|
| overruledBy |
Fourteenth Amendment
ⓘ
surface form:
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Thirteenth Amendment ⓘ
surface form:
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
|
| party |
Dred Scott
ⓘ
John F. A. Sandford ⓘ |
| plaintiff | Dred Scott ⓘ |
| regardedAs | one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
American Civil War
ⓘ
Missouri Compromise ⓘ
surface form:
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
civil rights
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federalism ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| unitedStatesReportsPage | 393 ⓘ |
| volumeOfUnitedStatesReports | 60 U.S. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dred Scott v. Sandford Description of subject: Dred Scott v. Sandford was an 1857 U.S. Supreme Court decision that infamously denied citizenship and constitutional rights to African Americans and helped accelerate tensions leading to the Civil War.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Old Courthouse (St. Louis)
this entity surface form:
Dred Scott trials
this entity surface form:
Dred Scott decision
this entity surface form:
Dred Scott case
this entity surface form:
Dred Scott decision
this entity surface form:
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
this entity surface form:
Scott v. Sandford
this entity surface form:
Dred Scott decision denying citizenship to African Americans
this entity surface form:
Dred Scott v. John F. A. Sandford
this entity surface form:
Dred Scott v. Sandford held that African Americans could not be citizens of the United States
this entity surface form:
Dred Scott v. Sandford intensified sectional conflict over slavery in the United States
subject surface form:
Slave Power Controversy