Humphrey's Executor v. United States

Humphrey's Executor v. United States
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Humphrey's Executor v. United States, 295 U.S. 602 (1935), was a United States Supreme Court case decided during the Franklin Delano Roosevelt presidency, regarding the powers that a President of the United States has to remove certain executive officials of a "quasi-legislative," "quasi-judicial" administrative body created by Congress, for purely political reasons and without the consent of Congress. Warning: template has been deprecated.

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Humphrey's Executor v. United States

Argued: May 1, 1935. --- Decided: May 27, 1935

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Mr. William J. Donovan, of Washington, D.C. (Messrs. Henry H. Bond and Ralstone R. Irvine, both of Washington, D.C., of counsel), for plaintiff.

[Argument of Counsel from pages 604-612 intentionally omitted]

The Attorney General and Mr. Stanley F. Reed, Sol. Gen., of Washington, D.C., for the United States.

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Mr. Justice SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

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