McAllister v. United States

McAllister v. United States
McAllister v. United States
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 24, 1891; Decided May 25, 1891
Full case name	McAllister v. United States
Citations	141 U.S. 174 (more)
Holding
	Congress may provide for the at-will removal of territorial offices, even if such officers exercise judicial functions.
Court membership
	Chief Justice Melville Fuller Associate Justices Stephen J. Field · Joseph P. Bradley; John M. Harlan · Horace Gray; Samuel Blatchford · Lucius Q. C. Lamar II; David J. Brewer · Henry B. Brown
Case opinions
Majority	Harlan, joined by Fuller, Bradley, Blatchford, Lamar, Brewer
Dissent	Field, joined by Gray, Brown
Laws applied
	U.S. Const. art. II, § 2, cl. 2

McAllister v. United States, 141 U.S. 174 (1891), was a decision of the United States Supreme Court concerning the removal power under the Appointments Clause.

References

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