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GIBBONS VS. OGDEN1824
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WHAT HAPPENED
¡ Aaron Ogden and Thomas Gibbons were partners operating steamboats
¡ Soon after their invention by Robert Livingston and Robert Fulton
¡ They broke up the partnership, and Ogden asked New York to restrain Gibbons from operating in New York, because he did not have a New York License
¡ Gibbons argued that because he had a federal license, he was still able to operate in New York waters
¡ New York sided with Ogden
¡ Gibbons appealed to the Supreme Court
¡ They eventually agreed to take the case
WHY IT MATTERED
¡ IF THE SUPREME COURT SIDED WITH OGDEN, IT WOULD MEAN THAT WHEN A FEDERAL AND STATE LAW ARE IN CONFLICT, THE STATE LAW IS SUPREME.
¡ IF THE SUPREME COURT SIDED WITH GIBBONS, IT WOULD MEAN THAT WHEN A FEDERAL AND STATE LAW ARE IN CONFLICT, THE FEDERAL LAW IS SUPREME.
HOW THEY RULED
¡ THE SUPREME COURT SIDED WITH GIBBONS
¡ THE CLAUSE IN THE CONSTITUTION IN QUESTION WAS THAT CONGRESS HAD THE POWER TO:¡ REGULATE COMMERCE
WITH FOREIGN NATIONS, AND AMONG THE SEVERAL STATES…
¡ THE SUPREME COURT JUDGED THAT THE WORD “AMONG” “MAY VERY PROPERLY BE RESTRICTED TO THAT COMMERCE WHICH CONCERNS MORE STATES THAN ONE”.
SOURCES¡ HTTPS://SAWILSQUA.WEEBLY.COM/GIBBONS-V-OGDEN.HTML
¡ HTTPS://WWW.LAW.CORNELL.EDU/SUPREMECOURT/TEXT/22/1
¡ HTTPS://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/GIBBONS_V._OGDEN
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¡ HTTPS://BILLOFRIGHTSINSTITUTE.ORG/EDUCATE/EDUCATOR-RESOURCES/LESSONS-PLANS/LANDMARK-SUPREME-COURT-CASES-ELESSONS/GIBBONS-V-OGDEN-1824/
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