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4 unusual facts about Marie Louise v. Marot


Marie Louise v. Marot

21 years after the decision, the created precedent was relied upon by US Supreme Court Justice John McLean in the landmark decision of Dred Scott v. Sandford by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The defendants appealed the case, which then went to the Louisiana Supreme Court.

Supreme Court Justice John McLean cited the precedent in his dissent of the majority ruling.

Marie Louise v. Marot (1836) was a freedom suit heard by the Louisiana state district court and appealed to the Louisiana Supreme Court.


Freedom suit

1835 Marie Louise v. Marot (1836) was heard by the Louisiana state district court and appealed to the Louisiana Supreme Court.


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