Citations 53 U.S. 299 (more) End date 1852 | Concurrence Daniel | |
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Full case name Aaron B. Cooley, Plaintiff in Error v. The Board of Wardens of the Port of Philadelphia, to the use of the Society for the Relief of Distressed Pilots, their Widows and Children, Defendants Majority Curtis, joined by Catron, Nelson, Grier, Taney Dissent McLean, joined by Wayne Ruling court Supreme Court of the United States Similar Katzenbach v McClung, United States v Darby Lu, Ex parte McCardle, South Dakota v Dole, Wickard v Filburn | ||
Dr bipin adhikari constitutional law cooley v board of wardens 1851
Cooley v. Board of Wardens, 53 U.S. 299 (1852), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a Pennsylvania law requiring all ships entering or leaving Philadelphia to hire a local pilot did not violate the Commerce Clause of the Constitution.[1] Those who did not comply with the law had been required to pay a fee. "It is the opinion of a majority of the court that the mere grant to Congress of the power to regulate commerce, did not deprive the States of power to regulate pilots, and that although Congress had legislated on this subject, its legislation manifests an intention, with a single exception, not to regulate this subject, but to leave its regulation to the several states," wrote Justice Curtis for the majority.