Shurtleff v. United States

Shurtleff v. United States, 189 U.S. 311 (1903), was a decision of the United States Supreme Court concerning the President's removal power under the Appointments Clause.

Shurtleff v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 20, 1903 Decided April 6, 1903
Full case name	Ferdinand N. Shurtleff v. United States
Citations	189 U.S. 311 (more)
Holding
The President can, by virtue of his powers under the Appointments Clause, remove an officer of the United States. Absent an express law to the contrary, Congress will not be presumed to have taken away this power.
Court membership
Chief Justice Melville Fuller Associate Justices John M. Harlan · David J. Brewer Henry B. Brown · Edward D. White Rufus W. Peckham · Joseph McKenna Oliver W. Holmes Jr. · William R. Day
Case opinion
Majority	Peckham, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. II, § 2, cl. 2

References

External links

• Text of Shurtleff v. United States, 189 U.S. 311 (1903) is available from: Cornell Justia