United States v. Smith (1888)

United States v. Mouat
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 16, 1888 Decided February 6, 1888
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Citations	124 U.S. 525 (more)
Holding
There must be a law authorizing a Department Head to appoint an official in order for such official to be considered an officer of the United States. In the absence of such a law, the official is a mere employee.
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	Field, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. II, § 2, cl. 2

United States v. Mouat, 124 U.S. 525 (1888), was a decision of the United States Supreme Court concerning the Appointments Clause.

External links

• Text of United States v. Smith, 124 U.S. 525 (1888) is available from:  Cornell  Justia 

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