Gibbons v. Ogden · ¶137

I.have not touched upon the right of the States to grant patents for inventions or improvements, generally, because.it does not necessarily arise in this cause.. It is enough for all the purposes of this decision, if they cannot exercise it so as to restrain a free intercourse among the States.

U. S. Reports, bound volume
U. S. Reports, volume 22, at 1 (Library of Congress) · transcription: Caselaw Access Project
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