Citation

60 U.S. 393

Decision : 9-0

Majority Opinion: Benjamin Curtis

Justices Participating

  • Benjamin Curtis | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote an opinion
  • John Campbell | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • John Catron | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • John McLean | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • James Wayne | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Peter Daniel | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Roger Taney | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Robert Grier | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion
  • Samuel Nelson | voted with the majority or plurality , justice wrote no opinion

Categories

* American Citizenship

Case Cited In

  • 60 U.S. 393 DRED SCOTT, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOHN F. A. SANDFORD, 1856
  • 112 U.S. 94 ELK v. WILKINS, 1884
  • 517 U.S. 44 SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA v. FLORIDA et al., 1995