Describe the important precedent set by Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

Describe the important precedent set by Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)



The ruling increased federal power over interstate commerce by implying that anything concerning interstate trade could potentially be regulated by the federal government. The court ruled that the state of NY could not grant a steamship company a monopoly to operate on an interstate waterway, even thought the waterway ran through NY.


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