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Quotation from Gibbons v. Ogden by Supreme Court of the United States
“Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more: it is intercourse.”
Gibbons v. Ogden, Opinion of the Court (Marshall, C.J.), on the meaning of commerce (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Chief Justice Marshall rejects the appellee's argument that commerce means only buying and selling.
Citation: "Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more: it is intercourse." — Supreme Court of the United States, Gibbons v. Ogden, Opinion of the Court (Marshall, C.J.), on the meaning of commerce (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id gibbons-v-ogden-q1)
Portrait: John Marshall by Henry Inman, 1832, Henry Inman, Public domain.
