Supreme Court Cases (GvO and McvMd)

In 1803, the state of New York passed a law giving only two men the rights to operate steamboats in New York. Who were those two men?

• Gibbons and Ogden

• Livingston and Fulton

• Fulton and Ogden

• Gibbons and Livingston

Who was Ogden?

• The man that Livingston and Fulton transferred their shipping rights too.

• The Attorney General of the United States

• A man who operated steamboats between New York and New Jersey

Who was Gibbons?

• A ship builder from Canada

• A NJ citizen who operated a steamboat in NY and NJ

• The man that Livingston transferred his independent shipping rights to

In what year did Ogden file a suit against Gibbons to stop him from operating his steamboat in New York?

• 1816

• 1818

• 1820

• 1824

What did Gibbons argue when he took his case to the Supreme Court?

• New York's law violated the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution

• New York's law violated the individual rights of people via the New York State Constitution.

TRUE OR FALSE? Commerce means business activity

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE OR FALSE? Ogden argued that "among several states" did not give Congress the power to pass laws that affect the business activity inside of a state's borders.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Who did the Supreme Court agree with?

• GIBBONS

• OGDEN

TRUE OR FALSE? The Supreme Court did not rely on the Supremacy Clause in the Gibbons vs Ogden case.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Who did the Supreme Court determine has the sole right to regulate business activity that affects more than one state?

• The Constitution of the United States

• The Constitution of the State in question