LEISY v. HARDIN

No. 1459.

135 U.S. 100 (1890)

LEISY v. HARDIN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 28, 1890.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James C. Davis for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. H. Scott Howell and Mr. W.B. Collins for defendant in error.

Mr. John Y. Stone, Attorney General for the State of Iowa, for that State.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The power vested in Congress "to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes," is the power to prescribe the rule by which that commerce is to be governed, and is a power complete in itself, acknowledging no limitations other than those prescribed in the Constitution. It is co-extensive...

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