USA HISTORY

THE 1970S 1969 1979

SUPREME COURT CASE ROE V WADE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name the case that the following facts belong to, Steamboats, New York vs New Jersey, Federal authority.
A
Heart of Atlanta v US
B
New York Times v US
C
Gibbons v Ogden
D
Roper v Simmons
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -This Supreme Court decision forbade states from enacting any legislation that would interfere with Congress’s right to regulate commerce among the separate states.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Supreme Court case Gibbons v. Ogden established important precedents about interstate commerce when it was decided in 1824. The case arose from a dispute concerning early steamboats chugging about in the waters of New York, but principles established in the case resonate to the present day.

Detailed explanation-3: -Aaron Ogden held a license under this monopoly to operate steamboats between New Jersey and New York. Thomas Gibbons, another steamboat operator, competed with Aaron Ogden on this same route but held a federal coasting license issued by an act of Congress.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first of these case came before the New York courts in Livingston v. Ogden and Gibbons, 4 Johnson Ch. 48 (1819) where monopoly owners Livingston & Fulton sought an injunction against Ogden and Gibbons, the operators of a steamboat service between New York City and several ports in New Jersey.

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