Question

Which of the following statements is true of the Supreme Court case Gibbons v. Ogden of 1824?
A.
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the State of New York's decision on this case.
B.
The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the State of New York's decision on this case.
C.
Gibbons v. Ogden created the first minimum wage in the workforce.
D.
This is the only case in Supreme Court history that went without a decision.

Answer 1

Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. (9 Wheat.) 1 (1824) was a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation.

Answer 2

Answer:

B. The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the State of New York's decision on this case.

Explanation:

At the beginning of the 1800s, the New York state granted Robert Fulton and Robert R. Livingston a 20-year monopoly on steamboat navigation in state waters. Later on, Aaron Ogden purchased the rights to them in order to operate steamboats between New York City and New Jersey.

The conflict emerged when Thomas Gibbons operated a steamboat on that same route without Fulton and Livingston's authority, which led Ogden to sue Gibson in 1819. In Court, Gibbons appealed alleging that he held a federal license to do business there which had been issued by an act of Congress.

The case ended up turning in Gibson's favor because the Court determined that federal law prevails over state laws and it is the government, and no the states, that have the power to regulate interstate commerce, so the Court reversed the New York's law that allowed citizens to hold a monopoly on steamboat navigation in state waters.