Gibbons vs. Ogden by WQED/PittsburghCall Number: KF4606 .G53 2005t DVD LAW
Publication Date: 1987
In this case, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Marshall built the basis for a unified American common market. The New York State Legislature granted the firm of Livingston & Fulton the right to issue licenses to steamboat operators using State waters. Ogden, A licensee of this monopoly, sued his former partner Gibbons for navigating in New York waters without a New York license. New York courts decided in favour of Ogden. Gibbons appealed to the Supreme Court. The court left undefined the overlapping powers of the State and federal governments to regulate commerce.