Gibbons v. Ogden, law, and society in the early republic
By: Thomas H. Cox.
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780821418451; 9780821418468
Subjects: 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 -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Inland navigation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Steamboats -- Law and legislation -- Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Steam power and patent law development in the eighteenth century; title: Origins of the Fulton-Livingston monopoly; title: Corporate negotiations; title: Defending the monopoly; title: Interstate competition; title: Personal rivalries and lawsuits; title: The road to the U.S. Supreme Court; title: Strategies and deliberations; title: The Gibbons decision and popular reaction; title: The decline of the New York steamboat monopoly.