The steamboat companies involved in Gibbons v. Ogden settled a controversy over what broader issue?

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The controversy settled by Gibbons v. Ogden was over the interpretation of the Commerce Clause in the Constitution, and whether states or the federal government had the authority to regulate interstate commerce. The steamboat companies involved in the case were arguing that the federal government had the power to regulate their operations on interstate waterways, rather than leaving that power to the states.

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