The statehouse quickly followed up the preemptive suppression of the rebellion with the Negro Seamen Act, requiring free black sailors on ships coming into the state to be jailed for the duration of the ship's stay in port. At points he was even arrested. In New York, the Erie Canal, which would transform the country in major ways, was under construction. Ogden's lawyer contended that states often passed laws on issues regarding interstate matters and should have fully concurrent power with Congress on matters concerning interstate commerce. Can states regulate interstate commerce within its borders when Congress also regulates the same area of interstate commerce? Ogden won in 1820 in the New York Court of Chancery. Armonk, NY: Sharpe, 2010. Available at : This article gives a decent summary of Gibbons v. Ogden and pays special attention to the background facts of the case. WebFact 2. McNamara, Robert. Livingston and Fulton subsequently also petitioned other states and territorial legislatures for similar monopolies in the hope of developing a national network of steamboat lines, but only the Orleans Territory accepted their petition and awarded them a monopoly on the lower Mississippi. As it turned out, the 1824 Supreme Court case of Gibbons v. Ogden would be chief among them in terms of historical significance. After a New York court ruled in Ogdens favor that his New York license to provide steamship transportation along the Hudson River superseded Gibbons federal license, Gibbons appealed to the Supreme Court. 1 / 11. section of the Constitution in which congress is given the power to In 1798 the New York State Legislature granted to Robert R. Livingston and Robert Fulton exclusive navigation privileges of all the waters within the jurisdiction of that state with boats moved by fire or steam for a term of twenty years. Yet the legal issue tackled inGibbons v. Ogdenremains relevant to this day, and questions of federalism still regularly come before the nation's highest court. Operations: Meghann Olshefski Mandy Morris Kelly Rindfleisch Accessed April 12, 2016. Gibbons v. Ogden. Aaron Ogden held a license under this state-created monopoly to operate a steamboat between New York and New Jersey. The court ruled in favor of Ogden, issuing an injunction to stop Gibbons from operating his steamboats. To support his rationale Johnson says that Shipbuilding, the carrying trade, and propagation of seamen are such vital agents of commercial prosperity that the nation which could not legislate over these subjects would not possess power to regulate commerce.
