The following year the Missouri Supreme Court decided that case ... The decision of the court was read in March of 1857. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney -- a staunch supporter of slavery -- wrote ...

In March of 1857, the United States Supreme ... Wisconsin before moving back to the slave state of Missouri, had appealed to the Supreme Court in hopes of being granted his freedom.

with Scott losing his case in the Missouri state courts before he filed a new federal lawsuit which went all the way to the Supreme Court. During the 11 years between 1846 and 1857, the issue of ...