Wiener v. United States

Wiener v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 18, 1957 Decided June 30, 1958
Full case name	Wiener v. United States
Citations	357 U.S. 349 (more)
Holding
The Appointments Clause does not guarantee the President may remove at will an officer of the United States who exercises quasi-judicial authority
Court membership
Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · Felix Frankfurter William O. Douglas · Harold H. Burton Tom C. Clark · John M. Harlan II William J. Brennan Jr. · Charles E. Whittaker
Case opinion
Majority	Frankfurter, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. II, § 2, cl. 2

Wiener v. United States, 357 U.S. 349 (1958), was a decision of the United States Supreme Court in which the Court held that the Appointments Clause does not guarantee the President may remove at will an officer of the United States who exercises quasi-judicial authority. The legislative framework established for the War Claims Commission suggests that Congress intended to provide a degree of insulation from executive influence to ensure impartial adjudication. This case reaffirms the division of powers principle.

External links

• Text of Wiener v. United States, 357 U.S. 349 (1958) is available from: Cornell Justia