In a 7-2 decision, the Court in this case ruled that the plaintiff was not a citizen and therefore did not have the right to sue for his freedom.
One attorney in this Supreme Court case later served as Abraham Lincoln's Postmaster General, Montgomery Blair. As a result of Chief Justice Roger Taney's opinion in this case, the Missouri Compromise was declared unconstitutional. In a 7-2 decision, the Court in this case ruled that the plaintiff was not a citizen and therefore did not have the right to sue for his freedom. For 10 points, name this 1857 Supreme Court case in which a former slave who had lived in free territory sued for his freedom.
One attorney in this Supreme Court case later served as Abraham Lincoln's Postmaster General, Montgomery Blair.
{Scott} v. {Sanford} [or {Sanford} v. {Scott}; or {Dred Scott} Decision]