Crenshaw v. United States

Blake v. United States
Blake v. United States
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 6, 1890; Decided March 3, 1890
Full case name	Crenshaw v. United States
Citations	134 U.S. 99 (more)
Holding
	Officers of the United States do not hold their office by contract and may be removed at anytime where authorized by law.
Court membership
	Chief Justice Melville Fuller Associate Justices Samuel F. Miller · Stephen J. Field; Joseph P. Bradley · John M. Harlan; Horace Gray · Samuel Blatchford; Lucius Q. C. Lamar II · David J. Brewer
Case opinion
Majority	Lamar, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
	U.S. Const. art. II, § 2, cl. 2

Crenshaw v. United States, 134 U.S. 99 (1890), was a decision of the United States Supreme Court concerning the removal power under the Appointments Clause.

References

Text of Crenshaw v. United States, 134 U.S. 99 (1890) is available from: Cornell Justia

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