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SCOTT v. NEGRO BEN (1810)

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SCOTT v. NEGRO BEN
Term: 1810
Important Dates
Argued: February 6, 1810
Decided: February 7, 1810
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-0
Majority
William Johnson Jr. • Henry Brockholst Livingston • John Marshall • Thomas Todd • Bushrod Washington

SCOTT v. NEGRO BEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 7, 1810. The case was argued before the court on February 6, 1810.

In a 5-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1810s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Marshall Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Slavery or indenture
  • Petitioner: Slave-owner
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Slave
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 10 U.S. 3
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Writ of error
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Marshall
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Marshall

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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