Which legal principle, previously used in Missouri, was overturned by the Missouri Supreme Court prior to the case reaching the U.S. Supreme Court?
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Correct answer: Once free, always free
Missouri courts had historically followed the 'once free, always free' precedent. However, in the 1852 ruling of Scott v. Emerson, the Missouri Supreme Court reversed this, stating that Missouri would no longer honor the laws of free states due to the rising sectional tensions.
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