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Gibbons v. Ogden · ¶26

The subject to which the power is next applied, is to commerce “ among the several States.” The word “ among’’ means intermingled with. A thing which is among others, is intermingled with them. Commerce among the States, cannot stop at the external boundary line of each State, but may be introduced into the. interior.
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U. S. Reports, bound volume
U. S. Reports, volume 22, at 1 (Library of Congress) · transcription: Caselaw Access Project
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