Gibbons: "I hold a license to run a steamboat across this route between New York
and New Jersey, granted by the U.S. Congress."
Ogden: "I hold a monopoly over this route, purchased from Robert Fulton, the
inventor of the steamboat. This monopoly from the State of New York gives me the
exclusive right to operate boats in these waters."
How did the U.S. Supreme Court resolve this dispute?
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Gibbons won because Congress alone can regulate interstate commerce,
which includes transportation as well as trade.
Ogden won because states can grant monopoly powers to inventors for a
limited period of time.
Gibbons won because both states and Congress have an equal power to
regulate interstate commerce.
Ogden won because New York State has the exclusive right to control traffic
in its waters up to the borders of a neighboring state.