In the aftermath of the case, Justice Curtis resigned angrily to protest attacks on his dissent by the Chief Justice.
The majority opinion was delivered in a notoriously quiet voice derided as a sign of "shame" by opponents of this decision. In the aftermath of the case, Justice Curtis resigned angrily to protest attacks on his dissent by the Chief Justice. One party believed that his position had a strong precedent set in Rachel v. Walker, and thus the time spent in Fort Armstrong in Illinois entitled him to relief. Also encompassing the appellant's relatives Harriet, Lizzie, and Eliza, it declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional. FTP, name this case where Chief Justice Taney declared that the plaintiff, as a slave, had no rights as a citizen.
The majority opinion was delivered in a notoriously quiet voice derided as a sign of "shame" by opponents of this decision.
Dred Scott v. John F.A. Sandford [accept John F.A. Sandford v. Dred Scott]