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    Dred Scott v. Sandford

    1857 U.S. Supreme Court case on the citizenship of African-Americans

    1857 United States Supreme Court case

    Dred Scott v. Sandford

    Supreme Court of the United States

    Full case nameDred Scott v.

    John F. A. Sandford[a]

    Citations60 U.S.393 (more)

    19 How. 393; 15 L. Ed. 691; 1856 WL 8721; 1856 U.S. LEXIS 472

    DecisionOpinion
    PriorJudgment for defendant, C.C.D.

    Mo.

    Judgment reversed and suit dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

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    1. Persons of African descent cannot be and were never intended to be citizens under the U.S. Constitution. Plaintiff is without standing to file a suit.
    2. The Property Clause is applicable only to lands possessed at the time of the Constitution's ratification (1787).

      As such, Congress cannot ban slavery in the territories. The Missouri Compromise is unconstitutional.

    3. The Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment prohibits the federal government from freeing slaves brought into federal territor