Ex parte Hennen

Ex parte Hennen
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 26, 1839
Full case name	Ex parte Duncan N. Hennen
Citations	38 U.S. 225 (more)
Holding
The power of removal is incidental to the power of appointment under the Appointments Clause. All officers of the United States may be removed at the will of the appointing authority unless otherwise provided by law.
Court membership
Chief Justice Roger B. Taney Associate Justices Joseph Story · Smith Thompson John McLean · Henry Baldwin James M. Wayne · Philip P. Barbour John Catron · John McKinley
Case opinion
Majority	Thompson, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. II, § 2, cl. 2

Ex Parte Hennen, 38 U.S. 225 (1839), was a decision of the United States Supreme Court concerning the removal power under the Appointments Clause.

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