The dispute between Thomas Gibbons and Aaron Ogden (Gibbons v. Ogden) concerned

Gibbons v. Ogden concerned competing steamboat services between New York and New Jersey. Ogden had a New York license granting him exclusive rights, while Gibbons operated under a federal coastal license. The Supreme Court had to decide whether the federal license was sufficient, so the dispute was about whose government license allowed the steamboat business.

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