What happened in the Supreme Court case of Gibbons v. Ogden?

A case in which the Court decided that the federal government has exclusive power over interstate commerce. read more

The case of Gibbons v. Ogden, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1824, was a major step in the expansion of the power of the federal government to deal with challenges to U.S. domestic policy. The decision confirmed that the Commerce Clause of the Constitution granted Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce, including the commercial use of navigable waterways. read more

Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. (9 Wheat.) 1 (1824) was a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation. read more