LAD #14 Dred Scott Decision

Dred Scott had runaway from his master to a Northern State and when forced to go back he sued his owner based on slavery rights of the Missouri Comprimise. In the Dred Scott Decision, Cheif Justice Taney ruled that since the land under the Missouri Comprimise was federal land and so under the restrictions of the bill of rights, Dred Scott was property and so must be returned to his master. This juristicion was influenced directly from the right that guarantees a citizens property cannot be taken away without first going through process of law. Furthermore, Dred Scott shouldn't have even been able to sue his master because he was property and not a United States citizen. The juristicion also made the Missouri Comprimise uncostitutional because it interfered with the Bill of Rights. Ultimately, the case was dismissed and Sanford (Dred Scotts' master) got back his property.