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Legal Citation: 295 U.S. 602 (1935)

Appellant
Samuel F. Rathbun, as Executor of the Estate of William E. Humphrey, deceased

Appellee
United States

Appellant's Claim
That the president cannot remove an appointed commissioner without just cause.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
William J. Donovan

Chief Lawyers for Appellee
Attorney General Homer S. Cummings, Solicitor General Stanley F. Reed

Justices for the Court
Louis D. Brandeis, Pierce Butler, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Charles Evans Hughes, James Clark McReynolds, Owen Josephus Roberts, Harlan Fiske Stone, George Sutherland (writing for the Court), Willis Van Devanter

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
27 May 1935

Decision
The Court ruled that the president did not have the power to...