Talk:Dred Scott v. Sandford

message: The article uses these lastnames interchangeably. Clarification is needed. Giorgi Eufshi (talk) 09:14, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I assume you meant to write "Sandford" (not "Sandform").  This issue is mentioned in footnote #1:  While the name of the Supreme Court case is Scott vs. Sandford, the respondent's surname was actually "Sanford". A clerk misspelled the name, and the court never corrected the error.  — Richwales (no relation to Jimbo) 15:51, 31 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sandform or sanford? 

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replies: text: Dred Scott v. Sandford →  – Per WP:COMMONNAME. It may be an unusual way to refer to a court case but it is how this one is usually reffered to:
*Google Ngrams: 
*Encyclopædia Brittanica: 
Since someone might bring this up: most sources that use "v. Sandford" do so out of conformity with formal court case naming conventions, and the nature of these sources suggests this:
*Oyez: 
*Legal Information Institute: 
*American Bar Association: 
Article titles are supposed to reflect common usage so we should not go off the above examples, but the first two I mentioned. mossypiglet (talk) quote or something 00:00, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

text: *Comment Agree with survey of major sources. Someone else would probably be better suited to do this though, as I haven't written any legal articles and I don't know what is usually used to do so. mossypiglet (talk) quote or something 11:47, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

text: *Comment Legal sources should be given priority in articles about legal cases such as this. Rreagan007 (talk) 18:54, 20 October 2020 (UTC)

text: *Comment  Any evidence for this? mossypiglet (talk) quote or something 14:12, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: *Certainly when I studied history at school and university it was always taught as the Dred Scott case. However, I'll give you the Ngram seems to give Dred Scott decision as the most common. Although Dred Scott case/Case certainly beats Dred Scott v. Sandford. I'll support either decision or case over the latter. -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:26, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'm sure it varies how it is taught and I have not (yet, still in HS) had any postsecondary education, but I would also take "case" over "v. Sandford". mossypiglet (talk) quote or something 17:10, 22 October 2020 (UTC)

text: It is less formal, but I don't think it's used because it's shorter. All the other shortened case names I've heard don't add anything. Brown v. Board of Education --> Brown v. Board, for example. I think there's probably some story as to why it's often called "decision" as this is so unusual. mossypiglet (talk) quote or something 17:40, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 20 October 2020