KEIM v. UNITED STATES

No. 57.

177 U.S. 290 (1900)

KEIM v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 9, 1900.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John C. Chaney for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Boyd for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after stating the facts, delivered the opinion of the court.

Upon these facts we are asked to decide whether the courts may supervise the action of the head of a department in discharging one of the clerks therein.

It has been repeatedly adjudged that the courts have no general supervising power over the proceedings and action of the various administrative departments of government. Thus, in Decatur v. Paulding, 14 Pet. 497...

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