Commerce Clause
Jurisprudence
qThe
acts of the Legislature of the State of New-York, granting to Robert R.
Livingston and Robert Fulton the exclusive navigation of all the waters within
the jurisdiction of that State, with boats moved by fire or steam, for a term
of years, are repugnant to that clause of the constitution of the United
States, which authorizes Congress to regulate commerce, so far as the said
acts prohibit vessels licensed, according to the laws of the United States,
for carrying on the coasting trade, from navigating the said waters by means
of fire or steam.