Gibbons v. Ogden · ¶80

But, if the license be a permit to carry on the coasting trade, the respondent deniés that these boats were engaged in that trade, or that the decree under, consideration has restrained them from prosecuting it. The boats of the appellant were, we aré told, employed in the transportation of passengers; and this is no part of that commerce which Congress may regulate.

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