Flashcard sets with a 'gibbons v. ogden' term meaning 'a case that arose from an attempt by new york state to grant a monopoly of steamboat operation between new york and new jersey. ogden was licensed to operate the ferry and argued that navigation commerce was a state regulated thing, but gibbons had his own ferry business incensed by a statue enacted by congress. the court disagreed with ogden claiming that congress had as much power over commerce as navigation. this established a broad interpretation of the constitution.'

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