Gibbons v. Ogden: John Marshall, Steamboats, and the Commerce Clause

by Herbert Alan Johnson

Book Overview

What began as a standoff between competing steamship entrepreneurs ended as one of the Supreme Court's most significant cases. Gibbons v. Ogden in 1824 brought into sharp relief the ongoing tug-of-war for power between individual states and the federal government. By applying the Commerce Clause of the Constitution, the Court set a key precedent for federal authority. But, behind the scenes, the "Steamboat Case" also demonstrated Chief Justice John...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700617337
• ISBN13: 9780700617333
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.7"