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Robert Livingston and Robert Fulton
Who did New York grant the right to navigate steamboats on New York state waters?
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What is the U.S. Supreme Court?
Who ruled in favor of Gibbons?
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What is 1808?
What year was Legislature of the State of New York granted to Robert R. Livingston and Robert Fulton?
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Who is Aaron Ogden?
Who filed a complaint to the Court of Chancery of New York asking the court to restrain Thomas Gibbons from operating on waters?
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Who is Ogden?
Who was given an exclusive license pursuant to a New York statute?
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Who is Robert R. Livingston
Who gave Ogden the right to navigate certain waters between New York city and certain ports in New Jersey?
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What is the Supreme Court?
Who had to answer whether the law regulated commerce that was among the several states.
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Who is Robert R. Livingston and Robert Fulton?
Who were granted exclusive navigation privileges of all the waters within the Jurisdiction of the state?
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Who is Ogden's lawyer?
Who contended that states often passed laws on issues regarding interstate matters and the state should have fully concurrent power with congress in regards to commerce?
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What is Interstate Commerce?
The Supreme Court extended the definition of _______?
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Who is Gibbons?
Who did Ogden bring to court for an injunction?
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What is the Supremacy Clause?
What part of the ruling stated that any license granted under the Federal Coasting Act takes place over any similar license granted by a state?
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Who are Robert R. Livingston and Robert Fulton?
Who petitioned other states and territorial legislatures for similar monopolies in order to develop a national network of steamboat lines?
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What is the Court of Chancery?
Who was in favor of Ogden and issued an injunction to restrict Gibbons from operating his boat?
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What is the Commerce Clause?
What clause vastly expanded through the powers of congress?
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Who is Gibbons?
Who stated that his steam ships were under the act of Congress?
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What is the U.S. Supreme Court?
Who decided that commerce is more than mere traffic that is the trade of commodities?
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Who is Aaron Ogden?
Who was the former New Jersey governor who tried to defy the monopoly?
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Who is Thomas Gibbons?
Who appealed to the Supreme Court arguing that the monopoly conflicted with federal law?
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What is the Supreme Court?
Who granted certiorari?
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Who is Chancellor
Who affirmed the injunction holding that New York law granting the exclusive privilege was not repugnant to the Constitution and the laws of the United States.
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What is the Commerce Clause?
What was the sole argument of Congress's power to promulgate the law?
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What is 1793
What year did the United States Congress pass a law regulating the coating trade?
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What is a Commerce Clause?
The court began discussing the meaning of what clause in 1824?
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Who is Thomas Gibbons?
Who took the already won case by Aaron Ogden to court to have it overturned?
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