<P> Gibbons v. Ogden , 22 U.S. ( 9 Wheat . ) 1 ( 1824 ) , was a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce , granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution , encompassed the power to regulate navigation . The case was argued by some of America 's most admired and capable attorneys at the time . Exiled Irish patriot Thomas Addis Emmet and Thomas J. Oakley argued for Ogden , while U.S. Attorney General William Wirt and Daniel Webster argued for Gibbons . </P>
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Gibbons v. Ogden , 22 U.S. ( 9 Wheat . ) 1 ( 1824 )