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Gibbons v. Ogden , 22 U.S. (9 Wheat.) 1 (1824), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States which held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, which is granted to the US Congress by the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution , encompasses the power to regulate navigation.
Chief Justice John Marshall first envisioned the dormant commerce clause doctrine in his 1824 opinion in Gibbons v.Ogden. The idea that regulation of interstate commerce may to some extent be an exclusive Federal power was discussed even before adoption of the Constitution.
Johnson v. McIntosh (1823): In an opinion written by Chief Justice Marshall, the court held that private parties could not validly purchase land from Native Americans. Gibbons v. Ogden (1824): In an opinion written by Chief Justice Marshall, the court struck down a New York law that had granted a monopoly on steamship operation in the state of ...
Gibbons v. Ogden: 22 U.S. 1 (1824) Congressional power to regulate interstate commerce Osborn v. Bank of the United States: 22 U.S. 738 (1824) scope of Article III jurisdiction; interpretation of the 11th Amendment: The Antelope: 23 U.S. 66 (1825) The Supreme Court's initial consideration of the legitimacy of the international slave trade ...
The General Survey Act was a law passed by the United States Congress in April 1824, which authorized the president to have surveys made of routes for transport roads and canals "of national importance, in a commercial or military point of view, or necessary for the transportation of public mail."
Following the Civil War, railroads became recipients of federal funding; funding for river and harbor improvements increased sharply.The 1869 appropriations for rivers and harbors exceeded $2 million, and rapidly grew to tens of millions of dollars per year by the close of the 19th century; the Rivers and Harbors Acts between 1869 and 1930 are illustrative.
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Gibbons may refer to: Gibbon, an ape in the family Hylobatidae; Gibbons (surname) Gibbons, Alberta; Gibbons (automobile), a British light car of the 1920s; Gibbons P.C., a leading American law firm headquartered in New Jersey; Gibbons, a character from Tom Goes to the Mayor