A landmark case is a court case that is studied because it has historical and legal significance. The most significant cases are those that have had a lasting effect on the application of a certain law, often concerning your individual rights and liberties.
Consider a recession, a period of low economic activity. With lower demand for goods and services, firms start laying off workers and at the same time refrain from raising prices. So unemployment rises and inflation falls during recessions.
<span>This was the Gibbons v. Ogden ruling. In this case, Marshall held that the Interstate Commerce clause was able to be used to regulate commerce in the case of a steamboat operator who wanted to work the waterways connecting New York and New Jersey.</span>
People would die. Lava would emerge and cover any cities or towns near it.
