McAllister v. United States

1891 United States Supreme Court case

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

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.

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McAllister v. United States

United States Appointments Clause case law

Appointment of Officers

Marbury v. Madison (1803)
United States v. Le Baron (1856)
Mimmack v. United States (1878)
United States v. Corson (1885)
United States v. Eaton (1898)
Quackenbush v. United States (1900)
United States v. Smith (1932)
NLRB v. SW General, Inc. (2017)
Ortiz v. United States (2018)
FOMBPR v. Aurelius Investment, LLC (2020)

Officers vs. Employees	United States v. Hartwell (1867) United States v. Mouat (1888) United States v. Smith (1888) Auffmordt v. Hedden (1890) Burnap v. United States (1920)
Inferior Officers	United States v. Germaine (1878) Ex parte Siebold (1879) Freytag v. Commissioner (1991) Edmond v. United States (1997) Lucia v. SEC (2018) United States v. Arthrex, Inc. (2021)
Recess Appointments	NLRB v. Noel Canning (2014)
Challenges to Appointments	Ryder v. United States (1995) Carr v. Saul (2021)
Appointments by Congress	Shoemaker v. United States (1893) Springer v. Government of the Philippine Islands (1928) Buckley v. Valeo (1976) MWAA v. CAAN (1991) Weiss v. United States (1994)

Removal of Officers

Ex parte Hennen (1839)
Blake v. United States (1880)
Crenshaw v. United States (1890)
McAllister v. United States (1891)
Keim v. United States (1900)
Reagan v. United States (1901)
Shurtleff v. United States (1903)

Limits on Removal Power	United States v. Perkins (1886) Parsons v. United States (1897) Myers v. United States (1926) Humphrey's Executor v. United States (1936) Wiener v. United States (1958) Morrison v. Olson (1988) Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOB (2010) Selia Law v. CFPB (2020) Collins v. Yellen (2021)
Removal by Congress	Bowsher v. Synar (1986)

Jurisdiction stripping
Thunder Basin Coal Co. v. Reich (1994) Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOB (2010) Elgin v. Department of Treasury (2012) Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission (2023)