First Circuit Court Case, 1846 | New Trial Granted by Judge Alexander Hamilton, 1847 | First Appeal to the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri, 1848
Second Circuit Court Case, 1849-1850 | Second Appeal to the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri, 1850-1852
Bond documents re: hiring out of Dred and Harriet Scott, 1852 | New second suit filed against Sanford, Emerson, Russell, 1847

Second Appeal to the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri, 1850-1852

60. Motion for new trial (in Dred Scott case) filed by Irene Emerson's attorneys, Hugh Garland and Lyman D. Norris, January 12, 1850
61. Motion for new trial (in Harriet Scott case) filed by Irene Emerson's attorneys, Garland and Norris, January 12, 1850
62. Stipulation that decision in Dred Scott case pending before the Missouri Supreme Court apply to Harriet Scott case; signed by David Hall and Garland & Norris, filed February 12, 1850
63. Verdict rendered: stipulation will apply
64. Defendant's (Emerson) bill of exceptions (in Dred Scott case); signed by Alexander Hamilton, filed February 13, 1850

    The case was postponed until the October 1850 term. The justices were unanimous in their pro-slavery decision to overturn precedents upholding the binding force of the 1787 Northwest Ordinance. The opinion of the October 1850 term, however, was never written. In August 185 1, new judges were elected to the Supreme Court, and the case became a controversial political issue.

65. Mandate and opinion of the Supreme Court of Missouri; handed down March 22, 1852; certified April 10, 1852, filed May 28, 1852

    With this judgment, the Missouri Supreme Court reversed the lower court decision, declaring that Scott was still a slave.