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Gibbons, Appellant, v. Ogden, Respondent U.S. 1 (1824)

handle is hein.slavery/ussccases0157 and id is 1 raw text is: REPORTS OF THE DECISIONS IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. FEBRUARY TERM, 1824. [CONSTITUTIONAL Liw. G(BBbNS, Appelant, v. OGDEN, Respondent. The acts of the Legislature of the State of New-York, granting to Robert R. Livingston and RobertFultoh the exclusive navigation of all the waters within the jurisdiction of that State, with boats moved by fire or steam, for a term of years, are repugnant to that clause of the constitution of the United States, which authorizes Congress to regulate commerce, so far as the said acts prohibit ves- sels licensed, according to the laws of the United States- for car- rying on the coasting trade, from navigating the said waters by means of fire or stebm. APPEAL from the Court for the Trial of Im- pdachments and Correction of Errors of the State of New-York. Aaron Ogden filed his bill in tht Court of Chanceryof that State, against Thorias Gibbons, setting forth the several acts of the Legis- lature thereof, enacted for the purpose of securing to Robert R. Livingston and Robert Fulton, the VoL. IX.

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