Gibbons v. Ogden · ¶21

The word used in the constitution, then, comprehends, and has been always understood to comprehend,. navigation.within its meaning; and a power to regulate navigation, is as expressly granted, as if that term had been added tb the word “ commerce.”

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