Gibbons v. Ogden, law, and society in the early republic / Thomas H. Cox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cox, Thomas H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interstate commerce--Law and legislation--United States--History--19th century.

Interstate commerce.

Inland navigation--Law and legislation--United States--History--19th century.

Inland navigation.

Steamboats--Law and legislation--Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)--History--19th century.

Steamboats.

Gibbons, Thomas, 1757-1826--Trials, litigation, etc.

Gibbons, Thomas.

Ogden, Aaron, 1756-1839--Trials, litigation, etc.

Ogden, Aaron.

Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815--Trials, litigation, etc.

Fulton, Robert.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Gibbons versus Ogden, law, and society in the early republic

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gibbons v. Ogden, Law, and Society in the Early Republic examines a landmark decision in American jurisprudence, the first Supreme Court case to deal with the thorny legal issue of interstate commerce. Decided in 1824, Gibbons v. Ogden arose out of litigation between owners of rival steamboat lines over passenger and freight routes between the neighboring states of New York and New Jersey. But what began as a local dispute over the right to ferry the paying public from the New Jersey shore to New York City soon found its way into John Marshall's court and constitu

Contents:

Steam power and patent law development in the Eighteenth Century

Origins of the Fulton-Livingston monopoly

Corporate negotiations

Defending the monopoly

Interstate competition

Personal rivalries and lawsuits

The road to the U.S. Supreme Court

Strategies and deliberations

The Gibbons decision and popular reaction

The decline of the New York steamboat monopoly.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780821443330

082144333X

OCLC:

884016747