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Quotation from Gibbons v. Ogden by Supreme Court of the United States
“The State of New York maintains the Constitutionality of these laws, and their Legislature, their Council of Revision, and their Judges, have repeatedly concurred in this opinion.”
Gibbons v. Ogden, Opinion of the Court (Marshall, C.J.), introduction (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Marshall acknowledges the weight of New York's own judgment in favour of the monopoly before examining it.
Citation: "The State of New York maintains the Constitutionality of these laws, and their Legislature, their Council of Revision, and their Judges, have repeatedly concurred in this opinion." — Supreme Court of the United States, Gibbons v. Ogden, Opinion of the Court (Marshall, C.J.), introduction (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id gibbons-v-ogden-q6)
Portrait: John Marshall by Henry Inman, 1832, Henry Inman, Public domain.
