Gibbons v. Ogden

Gibbons v. Ogden
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 5, 1824 Decided March 2, 1824
Full case name	Thomas Gibbons, Appellant v. Aaron Ogden, Respondent
Citations	22 U.S. 1 (more) 9 Wheat. 1; 16 L. Ed. 23; 1824 U.S. LEXIS 370
Case history
Prior	Appeal from the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors of the State of New York
Holding
The New York law is invalid because the Commerce Clause of the Constitution designates power to Congress to regulate interstate commerce, and the broad definition of commerce includes navigation.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Marshall Associate Justices Bushrod Washington · William Johnson Thomas Todd · Gabriel Duvall Joseph Story · Smith Thompson
Case opinions
Majority	Marshall, joined by Washington, Todd, Duvall, Story
Concurrence	Johnson
Thompson took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. I sec. 8 clause 3

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.^[1][2] The decision is credited with supporting the economic growth of the antebellum United States and the creation of national markets. Gibbons v. Ogden has since provided the basis for Congress' regulation of railroads, freeways and television and radio broadcasts.^[3]

The case was argued by some of America's most admired and capable attorneys at the time. The exiled Irish patriot Thomas Addis Emmet, as well as Thomas J. Oakley, argued for Ogden, and U.S. Attorney General William Wirt and Daniel Webster argued for Gibbons.