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Cox, Thomas H.

Gibbons v. Ogden, law, and society in the early republic [electronic resource] / Gibbons versus Ogden, law, and society in the early republic Thomas H. Cox. - Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, c2009. - xvi, 260 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Steam power and patent law development in the Eighteenth Century -- Origins of the Fulton-Livingston monopoly -- Corporate negotiations -- Defending the monopoly -- Interstate competition -- Personal rivalries and lawsuits -- The road to the U.S. Supreme Court -- Strategies and deliberations -- The Gibbons decision and popular reaction -- The decline of the New York steamboat monopoly.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.






Gibbons, Thomas, 1757-1826 --Trials, litigation, etc.
Ogden, Aaron, 1756-1839 --Trials, litigation, etc.
Fulton, Robert, 1765-1815 --Trials, litigation, etc.


Interstate commerce--Law and legislation--History--United States--19th century.
Inland navigation--Law and legislation--History--United States--19th century.
Steamboats--Law and legislation--History--Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)--19th century.


Electronic books.

KF228.G528 / C69 2009eb

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