Somerset v. Stewart and Rachel v. Walker were cited as precedents in this case, and Justice Robert Cooper Grier received heavy pressure from the president in his ruling.
This case was partially overruled according to the opinions made for the Slaughter-house cases. Somerset v. Stewart and Rachel v. Walker were cited as precedents in this case, and Justice Robert Cooper Grier received heavy pressure from the president in his ruling. Although the plaintiff argued that time spent in Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory allowed him to gain freedom, Chief Justice Taney argued that he was not a citizen. For 10 points, name this case that found the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional, in which a slave unsuccessfully sued for his freedom in 1857.
This case was partially overruled according to the opinions made for the Slaughter-house cases.
{Dred Scott} v. John F. A. Sandford [accept {Dred Scott} case]