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Gibbons v. Ogden : John Marshall, steamboats, and the commerce clause /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnson, Herbert Alan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2010]
Series:Landmark law cases & American society.
Subjects:
Gibbons, Thomas, > 1757-1826 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Ogden, Aaron, > 1756-1839 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Fulton, Robert, > 1765-1815 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Interstate commerce > Law and legislation > United States > History > 19th century.
Inland navigation > Law and legislation > United States > History > 19th century.
Steamboats > Law and legislation > Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • The background of the commerce clause
  • Patents and monopolies, profits and personalities
  • Commerce in the lower federal courts before 1824
  • Initial litigation in Ogden v. Gibbons
  • Oral argument : a clash of titans
  • The Supreme Court opinions
  • The fallout from Gibbons
  • The extraordinarily long half-life of Gibbons v. Ogden.