SCOTT v. SANDFORD


60 U.S. 393 (____)

19 How. 393

DRED SCOTT, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOHN F.A. SANDFORD.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was now argued by Mr. Blair and Mr. G.F. Curtis for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Geyer and Mr. Johnson for the defendant in error.


Mr. Chief Justice TANEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This case has been twice argued. After the argument at the last term, differences of opinion were found to exist among the members of the court; and as the questions in controversy are of the highest importance, and the court was at that time much pressed by the ordinary business of the term, it was deemed advisable to continue the case, and direct a re-argument on some of the points, in order that we might...

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