The Taney Court (1836–64)

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Which justice on the Taney Court gave a copy of his dissenting opinion to a newspaper before official publication?

Justice Benjamin Curtis provided a Boston newspaper with a copy of his dissenting opinion in the Dred Scott case before it was officially released. Curtis’s action greatly upset Chief Justice Taney.

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