Nationalism and the Supreme Court (Cases)

Gibbons vs Ogden (1824)

New York gave a charter to Fulton and Livingston to be the only ones allowed to run steamboats in NY

Monopoly

exclusive legal control of a commercial activity

Thomas Gibbons wanted to sun similar service between NY and NJ, had permission from — gov, but NY denied Gibbons access so Gibbons sued

federal

Who won Gibbons vs Ogden (1824)

GIbbons

Federal gov can regulate —

interstate commerce

Ensure the Fed gov has power to regulate anything that crosses —

state lines

Led to future favoring — over monopoly

competition

Maryland trying to tax the fed bank

McCulloch vs Maryland

Maryland — tax the fed bank

cannot

The Bank of the US is —

constitutional

Ruling against Maryland strengthened 

fed gov economic support of national gov over the states

Ruling that nullified Georgia law that violated individual consti. rights to enter a contract

Fletcher vs Peck 1810

Court declares the state of NH could not revise the original charter it had granted to the college trustees in colonial times

Dartmouth College vs Woodward 1819

A charter is a —

contract

Constitution did not permit — to interfere with contracts

states

Rulings — the power of the fed gov over state gov

increase