Funny you didn't quote Marshall's much more famous saying about corporations in Dartmouth College v. Woodward: "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible

Funny you didn't quote Marshall's much more famous saying about corporations in Dartmouth College v. Woodward: "A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it."