Litigants: | Ex parte Siebold |
Decidedate: | October 1 |
Decideyear: | 1879 |
Usvol: | 100 |
Uspage: | 371 |
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. |
Majority: | Bradley |
Joinmajority: | Waite, Swayne, Miller, Strong, Hunt, and Harlan |
Dissent: | Field |
Joindissent: | Clifford |
Lawsapplied: | U.S. Const. art. II, ยง 2, cl. 2 |
Ex parte Siebold, 100 U.S. 371 (1879), was a decision of the United States Supreme Court concerning the Appointments Clause.