In Gibbons v. Ogden, the Supreme Court ruled that

The Supreme Court held that Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce, and federal law takes precedence over conflicting state rules. Because Gibbons had a federal license to operate steamboats between states, he could operate across state lines despite Ogden’s state-granted monopoly. So the correct choice is “Gibbons’s federal license allowed him to operate in multiple states.”

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