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Benjamin Robbins Curtis (November 4, 1809 – September 15, 1874) was an American lawyer and judge who served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1851 to 1857. Curtis was the first and only Whig justice of the Supreme Court, and he was the first Supreme Court justice to have a formal law degree.
Benjamin Robbins Curtis war ein amerikanischer Jurist und Richter am Obersten Gerichtshof der Vereinigten Staaten. Er gab im Fall Dred Scott v. Sandford ein Sondervotum ab und trat aus Protest gegen das von ihm moralisch abgelehnte Urteil der Mehrheit unter Roger B. Taney vom Amt zurück.
Learn about the life and career of Benjamin R. Curtis, who served on the Supreme Court from 1851 to 1857. Find out how he became a reformer, a dissenter, and a critic of the Fugitive Slave Act and the Dred Scott decision.
Learn about the life and career of Benjamin R. Curtis, who served on the Supreme Court from 1851 to 1857 and dissented in Dred Scott v. Sandford. Find out his views on constitutional law, slavery, presidential power, and more.
Benjamin Robbins Curtis. Born: November 4, 1809, Watertown, Massachusetts, U.S. Died: September15, 1874, Newport, Rhode Island (aged 64) Title / Office: Supreme Court of the United States (1851-1857), United States. supreme court (1851-1857), United States. (Show more) Role In: Dred Scott decision.
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29. Mai 2018 · Learn about the life and career of Benjamin Robbins Curtis, a U.S. Supreme Court justice who wrote a famous dissent in Dred Scott v. Sandford and a landmark opinion in Cooley v. Board of Wardens. Find out his contributions to constitutional law, impeachment theory, and legal writing.
Benjamin Robbins Curtis war ein amerikanischer Jurist und Richter am Obersten Gerichtshof der Vereinigten Staaten. Er gab im Fall Dred Scott v. Sandford ein Sondervotum ab und trat aus Protest gegen das von ihm moralisch abgelehnte Urteil der Mehrheit unter Roger B. Taney vom Amt zurück.
