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Legal Citation: 22 U.S. 1 (1824)

Appellant
Thomas Gibbons

Appellee
Aaron Ogden

Appellant's Claim
That the exclusive right granted by the state of New York to Aaron Ogden to operate steamships within state waters was in conflict with the steamship license issued under an act of Congress to Thomas Gibbons.

Chief Lawyers for Appellant
Thomas A. Emmet, Thomas J. Oakley

Chief Lawyers for Appellee
William Wirt, Daniel Webster, David B. Ogden

Justices for the Court
Gabriel Duvall, William Johnson, John Marshall (writing for the Court), Joseph Story, Thomas Todd, Bushrod Washington

Justices Dissenting
None (Smith Thompson did not participate)

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
2 March 1824

Decision
That a state cannot grant exclusive rights to navigate in...