Crenshaw 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.

External links

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