Ex parte Siebold

Ex parte Siebold
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 1, 1879
Full case name	Ex parte Siebold
Citations	100 U.S. 371 (more)
Holding
So long as the vesting is consistent with the separation of powers, Congress has discretion to vest the appointment of an inferior officer in the President, a Department Head, or a Court of Law.
Court membership
Chief Justice Morrison Waite Associate Justices Nathan Clifford · Noah H. Swayne Samuel F. Miller · Stephen J. Field William Strong · Joseph P. Bradley Ward Hunt · John M. Harlan
Case opinions
Majority	Bradley, joined by Waite, Swayne, Miller, Strong, Hunt, and Harlan
Dissent	Field, joined by Clifford
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. II, § 2, cl. 2

Ex parte Siebold, 100 U.S. 371 (1879), was a decision of the United States Supreme Court concerning the Appointments Clause.

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External links

• Text of Ex parte Siebold, 100 U.S. 371 (1879) is available from: Cornell Google Scholar Justia