1997 United States Supreme Court case
1997 United States Supreme Court case
Edmond v. United States Full case name Jon E. Edmond v. United States Docket no. 96-262 Citations 520 U.S. 651 (more ) Inferior officers are those who are supervised and directed by principal officers , that is, those officers appointed by the President with the consent of the Senate.
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Majority Scalia, joined by Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer; Souter (Parts I and II) Concurrence Souter (in part) U.S. Const., Art. II, §2, cl. 2
Edmond v. United States , 520 U.S. 651 (1997), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States on the status of members of the Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals under the Appointments Clause .
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Removal of Officers
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