Cannon v. New Orleans
Supreme Court of the United States
' Error to the-Supreme Court of Louisiana; the case being, thus: The Constitution of the United States ordains as follows:† ■ “ Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes.' Uo State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage.”
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' Error to the-Supreme Court of Louisiana; the case being, thus: The Constitution of the United States ordains as follows:† ■ “ Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes.' Uo State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of tonnage.” With these provisions in force as fundamental law, the city of New Orleans made an ordinance as follows: ' “From and after the 1st day of January, 1853, th.e levee dues on all steamboats which shall moor or land in any part of the port of New Orleans shall be fixed…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
delivered the opinion of the court.'
This writ of error is based upon the proposition that the-city ordinance is in conflict with two clauses of the Constitution of the United States, namely, that which grants to Congress the right to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the States, and with the Indian tribes; and that which forbids the States to levy any duty of tonnage without the consent of Congress.
We shall only consider the question raised by the latter clause;
It is argued in support of the validity of the ordinance that the money collected under it is only a compensation for the…
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