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· 5/27/1852

State of Penn. v. THE WHEELING &C. BRIDGE CO.

Citations

  • 54 U.S. 518
  • 14 L. Ed. 249
  • 13 How. 518
  • 1851 U.S. LEXIS 876

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that construction of the Wheeling Bridge impeded commerce in violation of the Commerce Clause
  • holding that construction of the Wheeling Bridge impeded commerce in violation of the Commerce Clause
  • explaining that a private “injury makes [a public nui- sance] a private nuisance to the injured party”
  • alleging interference with navigation on Ohio River by low bridge as constituting public nuisance
  • “This compact, by the sanction of Congress, has become a law of the Union.”
  • en adelante State of Pennsylvania v. Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Co. I

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Judges: McLean

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