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That depends on your perspective. Marshall played a significant role in opening trade and travel markets between states as a result of his opinion supporting Congress' power under the Interstate Commerce Clause in Gibbons v. Ogden, (1824). While the decision was instrumental to the growth of capitalism, some people benefited while others were harmed.

In Barron v. Baltimore, (1833), on the other hand, the Marshall Court declined to apply the Bill of Rights to the states, allowing the city of Baltimore to cause unreimbursed damages to an individual's business. Without federal intervention, the states were free to impose their will on their citizens in a sometimes arbitrary and unjust way.

Overall, the Marshall Court's decisions had mixed effects for individuals -- some positive, some negative. It is probably more accurate to say Marshall helped strengthen the federal government at the expense of state sovereignty, but this was not uniformly bad for the people.

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