Hr argued against the majority 's denial of the bid for emancipation by the slave Dred Scott .
Curtis was notable as one of the two dissenters in the Dred Scott case , in which he disagreed with essentially every holding of the court .
Hr argued against the majority 's denial of the bid for emancipation by the Dred Scott Dred Scott .
Curtis was notable as one of the two dissenters in the Dred Scott case , in which he disagreed with essentially every holding of the court .