Flashcard sets with a 'gibbons v. ogden' term meaning 'court strengthened congress's power to regulate interstate commerce. the stae of ny had granted fulton and livingston rights to carry passangers on the hudson to nyc. they gave the rights to ogden. gibbons also had a license, under an act of congress, and began competing with ogden for ferry trade. ogden took him to court and won in ny courts. gibbons to the case to the supreme court and won. marshall said that the power of congress to regulate interstate commerce was complete in itself.'

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