McAllister v. United States

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.

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

External links

• Text of McAllister v. United States, 141 U.S. 174 (1891) is available from: Cornell  Justia