Atlanta Journal ConstitutionStatue of Roger Taney, author of Dred Scott decision, removedAtlanta Journal ConstitutionThe statue of former Supreme Court Justice Roger B. Taney has been on the lawn of the Maryland State House since 1872. ANNAPOLIS, Md. The statue of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, who wrote the majority opinion in the infamous ...Who Was Roger Brooke Taney?