In an 1837 Case Involving the Charles River in Massachusetts

question 38

Multiple Choice

In an 1837 case involving the Charles River in Massachusetts, Chief Justice Roger Taney:

• A) declared that the community had a legitimate interest in promoting transportation and prosperity.
• B) held that adding a second bridge over the river violated the charter rights of the company that built the first bridge.
• C) granted Robert Fulton's steamboat company a monopoly in the ferry business on the river.
• D) issued an opinion in which the U.S. Supreme Court, for the first time, overturned a state law.

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