United States v. Mouat
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 23, 1888
Full case name	United States v. Mouat
Citations	124 U.S. 303 ( more )
Holding
Only those persons appointed by the President, the courts of law, or the head of a department are Officers of the United States. All other persons are mere employees.
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	Miller, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. II, § 2, cl. 2

United States v. Mouat, 124 U.S. 303 (1888), was a case before the United States Supreme Court in which the court held that only those persons appointed by the President, the courts of law, or the head of a department are Officers of the United States. All other persons are mere employees.

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• Text of United States v. Mouat, 124 U.S. 303(1888) is available from: Cornell Justia

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