A report of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States
Subtitle: and the opinions of the judges thereof, in the case of Dred Scott versus John F. A. Sandford, December term, 1856.
By: By Benjamin C. Howard .
Contributors: Scott, Dred, 1809-1858; Sanford, John F. A., 1806 or 7-1857; Howard, Benjamin C. 1791-1872
Publisher: D. Appleton & Co.
Published: 1860
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 633
Subjects: Scott, Dred, -- 1809-1858; African Americans; Citizenship -- United States; Missouri compromise
Notes: Reprinted from the Reports of the U. S. Supreme Court

"This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Missouri.  It was an action of trespass vi et armis instituted in the Circuit Court by Scott against Sandford."--p. 396

The points brought into question in the Supreme Court were Negro citizenship and the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court.  The constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise Act was also considered