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Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge, 36 U.S. (11 Pet.) 420 (1837), was a case regarding the Charles River Bridge and the Warren Bridge of Boston, Massachusetts, heard by the United States Supreme Court under the leadership of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney.
Case name Citation Summary United States v. Segui: 35 U.S. 306 (1836) upholding the validity of a Spanish land grant in Florida: Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge: 36 U.S. 420 (1837) Contract Clause of the Constitution: The Amistad: 40 U.S. 518 (1841) slave trade and slave ownership Swift v. Tyson: 41 U.S. 1 (1842)
The receipts from tolls charged by the State on the Charles River Bridge and Warren Bridge, were sufficient to establish a fund of $850,000; and on the 1st December, 1843, the bridges were declared free, and so remained until June 1, 1854, when the income of the fund being found insufficient to sustain the bridges, and a large portion of the ...
Warren Bridge (1837): In a decision delivered by Chief Justice Taney, the court upheld Massachusetts's granting of a charter to construct a bridge over the Charles River. The plaintiff, Charles River Bridge Company, owned another bridge on the river, and sued the state, arguing that Massachusetts was breaking a charter it had given the ...
Kutler, Stanley, Privilege and Creative Destruction: The Charles River Bridge Case (Philadelphia: Lippincott Company, 1990) United States v. Libellants and Claimants of the Schooner Amistad, 40 U.S. 518 (1841). Hall, Kermit L., and Timothy S. Huebner, Major Problems in American Constitutional History (Boston: Wadsworth Learning Center, 2010)
(Old) Charles River Dam Bridge: Route 28 (Charles River Dam Rd) 1910 25 meters (82 ft) [1] The Boston Museum of Science is located on this bridge Longfellow Bridge: Route 3 (Main St/Cambridge St) MBTA Red Line: 1907
Charles Bridge (Czech: Karlův most [ˈkarluːf ˈmost] ⓘ) is a medieval stone arch bridge that crosses the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction started in 1357 under the auspices of King Charles IV , and finished in the early 15th century. [ 2 ]
The Charles River (Massachusett: Quinobequin), sometimes called the River Charles or simply the Charles, is an 80-mile-long (129 km) river in eastern Massachusetts.It flows northeast from Hopkinton to Boston along a highly meandering route, that doubles back on itself several times and travels through 23 cities and towns before reaching the Atlantic Ocean. [1]