Gibbons v. Ogden

Stephen James & Vashon Wiggins

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Supreme Court Case• Gibbons & Ogden• Defendant was Thomas Gibbons

• Plaintiff was Aaron Ogden

• Brought to the supreme court by appeal

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Constitutional Issues

• The supreme court case interpreted the tenth amendment

• Chief Justice John Marshall interpreted the Constitution to give the Federal Government the duty to determine the rules of commerce, thereby laying the foundation for an American "common market" nearly a century before Europe enjoyed it. (Deposited by the U. S. Supreme Court)

U.S Implications

• In this precedent-setting case, which linked states' authority to license steamboats in Federal waters with the seemingly unrelated issue of slavery

• The cases that were affected were Marbury v. Madison 1803, McCulloch v. Maryland 1819, Baker v. Carr 1962.