Monarch Mining Co. v. State Highway Commission

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE ADAIR:

Appeal from a judgment of dismissal.

*67As an incident to its power to regulate commerce, Congress has jurisdiction over all navigable waters of the United States, Constitution of the United States, Article I, sec. 8. It may therefore control the construction of all bridges over such waters as possible obstructions to navigation.

Prior to 1946 much of the time of Congress was taken up by discussion and action on separate bills every time a bridge over navigable waters was projected. The Seventy-ninth Congress passed and, on August 2, 1946, President Truman signed the…