Gibbons v Ogden

what question

who had power over interstate navigation and what was scope of congress authority over commerce clause

what conflict between state and nat

Did state or congress have authority to regulate commerce

Gibbons v. Ogden

This case involved New York trying to grant a monopoly on waterborne trade between New York and New Jersey. Judge Marshal, of the Supreme Court, sternly reminded the state of New York that the Constitution gives Congress alone the control of interstate commerce. Marshal's decision, in 1824, was a major blow on states' rights.

what growth of fed or state

fed congress has authority under commerce clause

what are the facts

steamboats, interstate commerce , commerce clause, supremacy clause ruled NY did not have authority to grant a monopoly to a single steamboat