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Roger B. Taney (pronounced "Tawny") succeeded John Marshall as Chief Justice following Marshall's death in 1835. Taney lead the Court from March 28, 1836 until October 12, 1864.

He is, perhaps, best remembered for authoring the opinion in Scott v. Sanford, 60 US 393 (1857), the case that declared African-Americans could never be United States' citizens and had no standing to sue for their freedom. He also invalidated Missouri Compromise as unconstitutional because it violated slave owners Fifth Amendment rights under the Takings Clause and the Due Process Clause. The Dred Scott case escalated tensions between abolitionists and slave owners, and is considered one of the catalysts the started the US Civil War.

Ironically, Taney also voted with the majority in the case of The Amistad, 40 US 518 (1841) (authored by Justice Joseph Story), which declared, among other things, that the African slaves aboard the Amistad were kidnapped illegally and were never the lawful property of Spain. Taney was instrumental in having the slaves repatriated to Africa.

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