United States v. Mouat

United States v. Mouat
File:Seal of the United States Supreme Court.svg Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 23, 1888
Full case name	United States v. Mouat
Citations	124 U.S. 303 (more)
Holding
Only those persons appointed by the President, the courts of law, or the head of a department are Officers of the United States. All other persons are mere employees.
Court membership
Chief Justice Morrison Waite Associate Justices Samuel F. Miller · Stephen J. Field Joseph P. Bradley · John M. Harlan Stanley Matthews · Horace Gray Samuel Blatchford · Lucius Q. C. Lamar II
Case opinion
Majority	Miller, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. II, § 2, cl. 2

United States v. Mouat, 124 U.S. 303 (1888), was a decision of the United States Supreme Court concerning the Appointments Clause.

External links

• Text of United States v. Mouat, 124 U.S. 303 (1888) is available from: Cornell Justia