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REPORT
OF
THE DECISION
OF THE
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,
AND THE
OPINIONS OF THE JUDGES THEREOF,
IN THE CASE OF
DRED SCOTT
VERSUS
JOHN F. A. SANDFORD.

DECEMBER TERM, 1856.

BY BENJAMIN C. HOWARD,
FROM THE NINETEENTH VOLUME OF HOWARD’S REPORTS.

WASHINGTON:
CORNELIUS WENDELL, PRINTER.
1857.

[Syllabus]
[Mr. Chief Justice Taney] (majority opinion)
[Mr. Justice Wayne] (concurrence)
[Mr. Justice Nelson] (concurrence)
[Mr. Justice Grier] (concurrence)
[Mr. Justice Daniel] (concurrence)
[Mr. Justice Campbell] (concurrence)
[Mr. Justice Catron] (concurrence)
[Mr. Justice McLean] (dissent)
[Mr. Justice Curtis] (dissent)

REPORTOFTHE DECISIONOF THESUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,AND THEOPINIONS OF THE JUDGES THEREOF,IN THE CASE OFDRED SCOTTVERSUSJOHN F. A. SANDFORD.

DECEMBER TERM, 1856.

BY BENJAMIN C. HOWARD,FROM THE NINETEENTH VOLUME OF HOWARD’S REPORTS.

CONTENTS

REPORT
OF
THE DECISION
OF THE
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,
AND THE
OPINIONS OF THE JUDGES THEREOF,
IN THE CASE OF
DRED SCOTT
VERSUS
JOHN F. A. SANDFORD.

BY BENJAMIN C. HOWARD,
FROM THE NINETEENTH VOLUME OF HOWARD’S REPORTS.