Auffmordt v. Hedden

United States v. Hartwell
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 14, 1890 Decided December 8, 1890
Full case name	Auffmordt v. Hedden
Citations	73 U.S. 385 (more)
Holding
Officials whose duties are defined by contract rather than by law are not officers of the United States but mere employees.
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
Case opinion
Majority	Blatchford, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. II, § 2, cl. 2

Auffmordt v. Hedden, 137 U.S. 310 (1890), was a decision of the United States Supreme Court concerning the Appointments Clause.

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