Cooley v. Board of Wardens of the Port of Philadelphia

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Cooley v. Board of Wardens of the Port of Philadelphia

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” In Cooley v. Board of Wardens of Port of Philadelphia (1851), the Supreme Court agreed with the state of Pennsylvania that it had the right, under an act of Congress in 1789, to regulate matters concerning pilots on its waterways, including the port of Philadelphia. The…
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” In Cooley v. Board of Wardens of Port of Philadelphia (1851), the Supreme Court agreed with the state of Pennsylvania that it had the right, under an act of Congress in 1789, to regulate matters concerning pilots on its waterways, including the port of Philadelphia. The…
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Benjamin R. Curtis
…opinion of the Court in Cooley v. Board of Port Wardens, which established the broad power of Congress to regulate interstate and foreign commerce, and in Murray’s Lessee v. Hoboken Land and Improvement Company, which confirmed the government’s power to assess and collect sums due to it by its agents…
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…opinion of the Court in Cooley v. Board of Port Wardens, which established the broad power of Congress to regulate interstate and foreign commerce, and in Murray’s Lessee v. Hoboken Land and Improvement Company, which confirmed the government’s power to assess and collect sums due to it by its agents…
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