In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court
a. avoided controversy by ruling that the slave Dred Scott had no right to sue in federal court.
b. ruled that the Kansas-Nebraska Act was unconstitutional.
c. ruled that Congress could not prohibit slavery in any of the territories because slaves were private property of which owners could not be deprived.
d. ruled that Dred Scott was still a slave because he had not filed suit until he had been returned to the slave state of Missouri.
e. ruled that Dred Scott had to be freed because his owner had taken him into the free state of Illinois
Answer: C