Marie Louise v. Marot

Marie Louise v. Toussaint Marot
Marie Louise v. Toussaint Marot
Court	Louisiana Supreme Court
Decided	May 1, 1836
Citation	9 La. 473
Case history
Prior action	8 La. 475
Holding
	Judgment affirmed, with costs.
Case opinions
	Christopher Mathews
Keywords
	emancipation, slavery

Marie Louise v. Marot 9 La. 473 (1836) was a freedom suit heard by the Louisiana state district court and appealed to the Louisiana Supreme Court. It held that a slave who is taken to a territory that prohibits slavery cannot be again reduced to slavery on returning to a territory that allows slavery. The ruling was cited as precedent to the 1856 landmark Dred Scott v. Sandford case heard by the US Supreme Court. Supreme Court Justice John McLean cited the precedent in his dissent of the majority ruling.^[1] Seven of the nine justices did not abide by the precedent in what has been considered the worst decision ever made by the Supreme Court.^[2]

^ Friedman, Joel William (January 1, 2009). Champion of Civil Rights: Judge John Minor Wisdom. LSU Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-3384-2.
^ Finkelman, Paul. “Scott v. Sandford: The Court’s Most Dreadful Case and How it Changed History,” Archived 2012-12-03 at the Wayback Machine 82 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 3 2007. Retrieved August 20, 2012.

[Friedman-1] Friedman, Joel William (January 1, 2009). Champion of Civil Rights: Judge John Minor Wisdom. LSU Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-3384-2.

[Finkelman,_Paul_2007-2] Finkelman, Paul. “Scott v. Sandford: The Court’s Most Dreadful Case and How it Changed History,” Archived 2012-12-03 at the Wayback Machine 82 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 3 2007. Retrieved August 20, 2012.

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