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Shoemaker v. United States

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Shoemaker v. United States
Argued November 28–29, 1892
Decided January 18, 1893
Full case nameShoemaker v. United States
Citations147 U.S. 282 (more)
Holding
Congress may increase the duties of an existing office without rendering it necessary that the incumbent again be appointed as long as the new duties are germane to those the office already holds.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Melville Fuller
Associate Justices
Stephen J. Field · John M. Harlan
Horace Gray · Samuel Blatchford
Lucius Q. C. Lamar II · David J. Brewer
Henry B. Brown · George Shiras Jr.
Case opinion
MajorityShiras, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. II, § 2, cl. 2

Shoemaker v. United States, 147 U.S. 282 (1893), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States on the United States Constitution's Appointments Clause. The Court declared Congress may expand the duties of an existing office without rendering it necessary that the incumbent again be nominated, confirmed and appointed as long as the new duties are "germane" to those already held by the office.[1]

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  1. ^ Shoemaker v. United States, 147 U.S. 282 (1893)
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