Case Citation:
Dred Scott v. Sanford, 60 US 393 (1857)
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ok so i think this is right but im not sure...the dred scott decision was that dred was not a free man because he A.) had no right to sue considering he was a slave and was not considered an american citizin. (because he was a slave.) B.) he merely lived in those free territories, his master did not permantatly settle there so there for he was not a free man.
the supreme court justice: Robert Taney.
Denied, Dred Scott lost the case
First of all, it's Dred Scott v. Sanford. The Chief Justice Roger B. Taney stated that any African/African American-slave or not-couldn't be a citizen of the U.S. Referring to the Declaration of Independence ("all men are created equal") he said the following:
"it is too clear for dispute, that the enslaved African race were not intended to be included, and formed no part of the people who framed and adopted this declaration. . . ."
The Chief Justice Roger B. Taney stated that any African/African American-slave or not-couldn't be a citizen of the U.S. and could not sue in the US courts.
The Dred Scott decision and a philosophy of judicial restraint
*farts*
The Dred Scott decision electrified the the nation. chief justice Roger B. tanry said the Dred Scott was still a slave.
Scott had a number of lawyers, the best known of which was Montgomery Blair, who served as Postmaster General under Lincoln during the Civil war. As a side note, Blair was the great-grandfather of actor Montgomery Clift.